DRAY v. NEW MARKET POULTRY PRODUCTS

Record No. 981767.

518 S.E.2d 312 (1999)

April L. DRAY v. NEW MARKET POULTRY PRODUCTS, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Gene Hart, Jr., Harrisonburg, for appellant.

Thomas E. Ullrich (Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver, on brief), Harrisonburg, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

This is another case in which an employee seeks to create an exception to the Commonwealth's established employment-at-will doctrine in order to pursue a common-law claim for wrongful discharge.

In August 1997, appellant April L. Dray, the employee, filed a motion for judgment against appellee New Market Poultry Products, Inc., the employer, seeking damages for alleged wrongful termination of her employment. The employer filed a demurrer...

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