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MILLER v. SEVAMP, INC.

Record No. 831528.

362 S.E.2d 915 (1987)

Kaye MILLER v. SEVAMP, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 25, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Cotter (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant.

John F. Newhard, Jr. (Michael T. Zugelder; Breeden, MacMillan & Greene, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

RUSSELL, Justice.

This appeal presents two questions: whether a contract of employment was for a term of fixed duration or terminable at will, and whether the tort of "retaliatory discharge" is generally actionable in Virginia.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

We granted this appeal to an order sustaining a demurrer to a motion for judgment which had been amplified by a bill of particulars. The following factual recital is, therefore, limited to the contents...

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