177 W. Va. 679 - Pritchett v. Affinity Mining Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 162 W. Va. 116 - Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont · 165 W. Va. 305 - Shanholtz v. Monongahela Power Co. · 169 W. Va. 72 - Stanley v. Sewell Coal Co. · 157 W. Va. 391 - Wager v. Sine · 164 W. Va. 409 - Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Donahue
Most-quoted passages
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“the rule giving the employer the absolute right to discharge an at will employee must be tempered by the further principle that where the employer's motivation for the discharge contravenes some substantial public policy principle, then the employer may be liable to the employee for damages occasioned by the discharge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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