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· 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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