CHILDERS v. CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO.

No. 87-1727.

881 F.2d 1259 (1989)

Peggy CHILDERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY, A New York Corporation; David Charles Seal; Ray N. Brown, M.D.; Robert E. Gerring, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Ober, Baltimore, Md. (Daniel Cohen, Office of Daniel Cohen, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Leonard Edwin Cohen (Mary E. Pivec, Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and BOYLE, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied September 7, 1989.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

After being discharged by the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company, Peggy Childers filed this action in Maryland state court against C & P and three of C & P's employees, alleging wrongful discharge and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She claimed that her discharge was in retaliation for filing workers' compensation claims and violated Maryland's...

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