McClung v. Marion County Commission

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that substantial public policy is grounded in Wage and Hour Act, West Virginia Code § 21-5C-8
• holding that substantial public policy is grounded in Wage and Hour Act, West Virginia Code § 21-5C-8
• recognizing that contravention of substantial public policy exists where employer discharges employee in retaliation for employee’s exercise of state constitutional rights to petition for redress of grievances and to seek access to courts by filing action for overtime wages
• finding right of action for retaliatory discharge based on a right to file for overtime wages pursuant to West Virginia Code § 21-5C-8
• award of punitive damages in retaliatory discharge case is appropriate where wrongful conduct is wanton, willful or malicious
• punitive damages recoverable for retaliatory discharge where the defendant's conduct was wanton, willful or malicious

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Barefoot v. Sundale Nursing Home
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-04-13· cited 162×
• Tiernan v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-07-21· cited 116×
• Tanner v. Rite Aid of West Virginia, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-07-19· cited 97×
• Birthisel v. Tri-Cities Health Services Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-11-25· cited 75×
• Tudor v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-12-19· cited 72×
• Feliciano v. 7-Eleven, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-12-11· cited 70×
• Mildred L.M. v. John O.F.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-08· cited 70×
• Page v. Columbia Natural Resources, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-12-06· cited 66×
• Bishop Coal Co. v. Salyers
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-05-16· cited 60×
• Sheetz, Inc. v. Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, PLLC
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-04-27· cited 54×
• Berrier v. Bizer
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-09-27· cited 51×
• Cramer v. West Virginia Department of Highways
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-11-21· cited 50×
• Sias v. W-P Coal Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-07-19· cited 45×
• State Ex Rel. West Virginia State Police v. Taylor
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 44×
• Willard v. Paracelsus Health Care Corp.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-09-12· cited 43×
• Bennett v. 3 C Coal Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-03-13· cited 38×
• Toth v. Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-12-11· cited 36×
• Peak v. Ratliff
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-07-16· cited 30×
• Adkins v. INCO Alloys International Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-04-22· cited 29×
• Reager Ex Rel. Reager v. Anderson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-07-22· cited 29×

Cites

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

• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-11· cited 7,445×
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,562×
• Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-07-14· cited 392×
• Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-23· cited 292×
• Orr v. Crowder
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-01-25· cited 177×
• Roberts v. Stevens Clinic Hospital, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-06-12· cited 109×
• Allen v. State of West Virginia Human Rights Commission
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-12-06· cited 81×
• Ilosky v. Michelin Tire Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 77×
• Joseph L. Donahue v. Patrick Staunton, Individually and as Chicago Area Zone Director
  Seventh Circuit· 1973-02-26· cited 75×
• United Transportation Union v. Sears
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-03· cited 63×
• Wells v. Smith
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-11-18· cited 59×
• De Bleecker v. Montgomery County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-01-08· cited 52×
• Addair v. Majestic Petroleum Co., Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1977-03-08· cited 50×
• Richard A. Whalen v. The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors William F. Clark, Individually Raymond Eugene Robertson, Individually
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-08-08· cited 49×
• Woodruff v. Board of Trustees of Cabell Huntington Hospital
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-07-11· cited 38×
• Battaglia v. Union County Welfare Board
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-12-16· cited 36×
• People v. Primmer
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-04-03· cited 31×
• David Wilderman v. Paul R. Nelson
  Eighth Circuit· 1972-10-04· cited 29×
• Dendor v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-04-10· cited 29×
• Utter v. United Hospital Center, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1977-07-12· cited 27×