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PAXTON v. CRABTREE

No. 19615.

400 S.E.2d 245 (1990)

Patricia Ann PAXTON v. Paul CRABTREE, Administrative Director, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, State of West Virginia, Velt King, Magistrate of Clay County.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 6, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter Zerbe, Charleston, for Patricia Ann Paxton.

Frank Venezia, Sterl F. Shinaberry & Assoc., L.C., Charleston, for Paul Crabtree.

Michael T. Clifford, Clifford & Mann, L.C., Charleston, for Velt King.

Roger W. Tompkins, Atty. Gen., Mike Kelly, Deputy Atty. Gen., Civil Rights Div., Charleston, for State.

MILLER, Justice:

On October 7, 1981, Patricia Ann Paxton was fired from her job as a magistrate assistant for Magistrate Velt King of Clay County (the Magistrate), ostensibly pursuant to W.Va.Code, 50-1-9 (1981).1 On December 19, 1981, Mrs. Paxton, asserting that she was unlawfully discharged because she was pregnant, filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) against the Magistrate...

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