Ligon v. COUNTY OF GOOCHLAND

How courts have described this case

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• involving a retaliatory discharge claim made by an employee against the county pursuant to Code § 8.01-216.8
• noting the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, §§ 8.01-216.1 to 216.19; section 65.2-308, which prohibits firing an employee for filing a workers’ compensation claim; and §§ 40.1-51.2:1 and 40.1-51.2:2 as examples of statutory causes of action for wrongful termination
• “The same [sovereign] immunity principles apply to counties, which are political subdivisions of the Commonwealth.”

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