Makovi v. Sherwin-Williams Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that there was no valid wrongful discharge claim where Title VII and Article 49B specifically provided remedies for the alleged public policy violation
• holding that common-law tort for abusive discharge on basis of unlawful employment discrimination based on gender will not lie when there is a specific statutory procedure and remedy to redress such conduct
• holding that where Title VII and the MFEPA already set forth remedies for the unlawful sex discrimination at issue, the tort remedy of wrongful discharge was not available
• holding that abusive discharge claim did not lie for employee who alleged that she was discharged because of her pregnancy; sex discrimination statutes created both right and remedy for alleged public policy violation
• holding that where Title VII and the Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act already set forth remedies for the unlawful sex discrimination at issue, the tort of wrongful discharge was not available
• holding that the plaintiff could not bring a claim for abusive discharge, where she alleged she was fired due to her pregnancy, because she had a statutory remedy for sex discrimination under Article 49B, as well as Title VII

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Cited by

81 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Stevenson v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1997-08-27· cited 248×
• Ferdinand-Davenport v. Children's Guild
  D. Maryland· 2010-10-06· cited 174×
• Haas v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-01-09· cited 143×
• George Zahodnick v. International Business MacHines Corporation Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-12-22· cited 127×
• Newell v. Runnels
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-03-13· cited 120×
• Molesworth v. Brandon
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-03-05· cited 120×
• Caldor, Inc. v. Bowden
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-06-09· cited 117×
• Crosten v. Kamauf
  D. Maryland· 1996-03-25· cited 90×
• Wholey v. Roebuck
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-06-19· cited 85×
• Provens v. Stark County Board of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1992-07-29· cited 80×
• Chappell v. Southern Maryland Hospital, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-09-05· cited 78×
• Watson v. Peoples Security Life Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-04-12· cited 72×
• Ruffin Hotel Corp. v. Gasper
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-03-21· cited 69×
• Miller v. Fairchild Industries, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-09-01· cited 66×
• Jordan v. Alternative Resources Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-05-12· cited 59×
• Montrose Christian School Corp. v. Walsh
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-04-12· cited 58×
• Montgomery County v. Broadcast Equities, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-09-08· cited 57×
• Hoffman v. Baltimore Police Dept.
  D. Maryland· 2005-06-29· cited 55×
• Farasat v. Paulikas
  D. Maryland· 1997-06-11· cited 49×
• Porterfield v. Mascari II, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-05-08· cited 46×

Cites

96 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-19· cited 5,248×
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-19· cited 3,057×
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-19· cited 2,546×
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 2,518×
• Brown v. General Services Administration
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-01· cited 1,934×
• Bush v. Lucas
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-13· cited 1,430×
• Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Novotny
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-11· cited 1,006×
• Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1980-06-02· cited 695×
• Palmateer v. International Harvester Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-06-08· cited 657×
• Sheets v. Teddy's Frosted Foods, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-01-22· cited 532×
• Frampton v. Central Indiana Gas Company
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1973-05-01· cited 448×
• Burnett v. Grattan
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-27· cited 447×
• International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers v. Robbins & Myers, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-12-20· cited 415×
• Petermann v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 396
  California Court of Appeal· 1959-09-30· cited 340×
• Adler v. American Standard Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-07-16· cited 337×
• Nees v. Hocks
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1975-06-12· cited 305×
• Monge v. Beebe Rubber Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1974-02-28· cited 299×
• Emra Joseph Bonham v. Dresser Industries, Inc., a Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1978-01-26· cited 290×
• Clay v. Advanced Computer Applications, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-05· cited 282×
• Carl Johnston v. Harris County Flood Control District
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-05-22· cited 252×

Other cases named Makovi v. Sherwin-Williams Co.

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Makovi v. Sherwin-Williams Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-12-09· cited 26×
• Makovi v. Sherwin-Williams Co.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1988-09-02· cited 15×