RICE v. COMMUNITY HEALTH ASS'N

No. 99-1412.

203 F.3d 283 (2000)

David J. RICE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSOCIATION, d/b/a/ Jackson General Hospital, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas Ryan Goodwin, Goodwin & Goodwin, L.L.P., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Mark Alan Atkinson, Rose & Atkinson, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Carrie Goodwin Fenwick, Goodwin & Goodwin, L.L.P., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Andrew L. Paternostro, Rose & Atkinson, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Senior Judge BUTZNER joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a jury verdict in favor of a doctor on his breach of contract claim against the hospital that had employed him. The jury found that the hospital's discharge of the doctor violated his employment agreement and awarded...

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