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COOLEY v. TYSON FOODS, INC.

Record No. 981313.

514 S.E.2d 770 (1999)

257 Va. 518

Walter C. COOLEY v. TYSON FOODS, INC., a North Carolina Corporation.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Roberts, Richmond (Tim Schulte, Williamsburg; Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

R. Ferrell Newman (Thompson, Smithers, Newman & Wade, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal we consider whether a discharged employee presented sufficient evidence to support a jury's finding that he was fired by his former employer because he had intended to file a workers' compensation claim.

Walter C. Cooley filed a motion for judgment against Tyson Foods, Inc., and its personnel manager, Leonard Parks. Cooley, relying upon Code § 65.2-308*, alleged that he was terminated solely...

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