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LIGON v. COUNTY OF GOOCHLAND

Record No. 090250.

689 S.E.2d 666 (2010)

David F. LIGON, III v. COUNTY OF GOOCHLAND.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 25, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Thorsen (Thorsen & Associates, on brief), Richmond, for appellant.

Jim H. Guynn, Jr. (Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, on brief), Salem, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.

In this question of first impression involving the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (VFATA), Code §§ 8.01-216.1 through -216.19, we consider whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars a retaliatory discharge claim against a County filed under the "whistleblower protection" provision in Code § 8.01-216.8.

David F. Ligon, III filed a complaint in the circuit court against his former employer,...

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