LAWRENCE CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH CORP. v. BROOKS

Record No. 950568.

465 S.E.2d 806 (1996)

LAWRENCE CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH CORPORATION v. Okey H. BROOKS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley P. Marrs (Meyer, Goergen & Marrs, on brief), Richmond, for appellant.

David R. Simonsen, Jr. (Vickey A. Verwey, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, HASSELL and KEENAN, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.


HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a former employee at-will has a cause of action for wrongful discharge against his former employer.

Okey H. Brooks, Jr., filed his motion for judgment against Lawrence Chrysler Plymouth Corporation. Brooks alleged that he was fired by Lawrence Chrysler because he refused to perform certain repairs on a car and that his termination violated the public policy of this Commonwealth. Lawrence Chrysler repeatedly...

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