United States Fourth Circuit

An N.C. state cause of action for wrongful discharge is stated by a claim that an employee is separated from employment because of her sex when the cause of separation is her refusal of sexual favors to her supervisor. And then, when the record indicates that her separation may have been caused because of her race, she has also stated a cause of action under the state law of N.C. Gen. Stat. section 143-422.2.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/17/2003
• Published 06/17/2003

Judges

• Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED: Leto Copeley, Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Walter J. Kruger, III, Fisher & Phillips, L.L.P., Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellees.   ONBRIEF: Melinda Lawrence, Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Kelly L. Kubes, Fisher & Phillips, L.L.P., Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellees.