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MAKOVI v. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO.

No. 66, September Term, 1988.

316 Md. 603 (1989)

561 A.2d 179

CAROLYN M. MAKOVI v. THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for Reconsideration Denied September 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Lipsitz, Baltimore, for petitioner.

Barry Bach (Antonio R. Lopez, Smith, Somerville, & Case, all on brief) Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired), Specially Assigned.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

In this appeal we shall hold that an abusive discharge claim does not lie. The plaintiff alleges that her dismissal from employment was motivated by sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (1982) and of Md.Code (1957, 1986 Repl.Vol.), Art. 49B, §§ 14-18. Our holding rests not on any legislative preemption but on the nature of the tort. Abusive discharge...

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