POPE v. BETHESDA HEALTH CENTER, INC.

No. 86-3977.

813 F.2d 1306 (1987)

Glenda POPE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BETHESDA HEALTH CENTER, INC., Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Joseph Fitzpatrick, Jr. (Ward & Klein on brief) for plaintiff-appellant.

Randall James Turk, James Patrick Salmon (Jamie S. Gorelick, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Sasscer, Clagett, Channing & Bucher, on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, HALL, Circuit Judge, and McMILLAN, United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 15, 1987.

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge.

Glenda Pope, after she settled her workers' compensation claim against her former employer, Bethesda Health Center, Inc. (Bethesda), invoked diversity jurisdiction to sue Bethesda and its insurer for money damages, alleging that she had been wrongfully discharged for asserting a compensation claim. The district court gave summary judgment to defendants, ruling that the release...

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