Chappell v. Southern Maryland Hospital, Inc.

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• holding that a tort claim for abusive discharge was precluded by the existence of statutory federal and state remedies for discharge of an employee, but not determining whether the MWHL sounded in contract or tort
• holding that a tort claim for abusive discharge was precluded by the existence of statutory federal and state remedies for discharge of an employee, but not determining whether the MWHL sounded in contract or tort
• holding that the existence of statutory remedies for discharge of employees in retaliation for reporting allegedly illegal discrimination claims or reporting viola tions of state and federal minimum wage law precluded tort claim for abusive discharge
• noting that this Court reads state antidiscrimination provisions in harmony with Title VII “in the absence of legislative intent to the contrary”
• explaining that Maryland courts read state MFEPA provisions “in harmony” with federal Title VII provisions, and look to federal court decisions interpreting Title VII
• applying same elements to retaliation claim under former Art. 49B, § 16(f), from which § 20-606 is derived without substantive change

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