· 7/3/1985
Townsend v. L.W.M. Management, Inc.
Citations
- 494 A.2d 239
- 64 Md. App. 55
- 1985 Md. App. LEXIS 450
How courts have described this case
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- finding that no constructive or wrongful discharge where the employer, relying on polygraph results, determined that the employee was a thief and subsequently terminated him
- employee discharged because results of polygraph test indicated he was a thief; discharge was for cause and was not wrongful
- although there is a clear mandate of public policy under Art. 100, § 95 against forcing employees to take lie detector tests, once employee has taken such test, employer can fire based on test results indicating that employee had stolen
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Judges: Bell
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