SPENCER v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

Civ. A. No. 87-1214-A.

688 F.Supp. 1072 (1988)

Anne E. SPENCER, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. and James Russell Neal, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

June 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Lang McGrew, Weissbrodt, Swiss & McGrew, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Peter G. Nash, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Washington, D.C., for General Elec. Co.

Philip J. Hirschkop, Bernard J. DiMuro, Alexandria, Va., for Neal.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Introduction

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