Roberts v. Adkins

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• holding that cause of action for wrongful discharge may exist under West Virginia Code § 21-5-5, which sets forth criminal liability for employers who coerce employees to purchase goods in lieu of wages
• holding that cause of action for wrongful discharge may exist under West Virginia Code § 21-5-5, which sets forth criminal liability for employers who coerce employees to purchase goods in lieu of wages
• explaining that recognition of a substantial public policy under one code section, a violation of which would give rise to a wrongful discharge claim, “is in no way intended to unlock a Pandora’s box of litigation in the wrongful discharge arena”
• discharging employees for purchasing automobile from competitor of employer’s second, unrelated business

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).