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THURSTON v. MACKE CO.

No. 83-1090.

716 F.2d 255 (1983)

Crystal Gale THURSTON, Appellant, v. The MACKE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Lamson, Charlottesville, Va., for appellant.

Lee Lunsford, Baltimore, Md. (David S. Klein, Baltimore, Md., Gary W. Kendall, Michie, Hamlett, Donato & Lowry, Charlottesville, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The district court held that the Virginia Workmen's Compensation Act, Va.Code § 65.1-1, et seq., does not imply a cause of action in favor of a discharged employee against his employer who has discharged that employee because of the employee's assertion of a claim under the Act. We affirm.

That same district court (Judge Williams) had previously held that such a cause of action is not implied in Blevins v. General Electric Co.,

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