Employment Termination Motivated by “Spite, Ill Will or Malice” is Not Wrongful Termination Under Virginia Tort Law
In Lewis-Gale Medical Center, LLC v. Alldredge, the Supreme Court of Virginia recently refused to broaden the range of circumstances under which a plaintiff could successfully assert a tortuous interference with contract claim. The case involved a physician who was an employee of a physician staffing service under contract with a hospital to provide physician staffing. After the hospital suspected the physician of encouraging labor unrest among the nursing staff, the hospital complained to the staffing service…