Florida Court Applies “Business Judgment Rule” in Retaliatory Discharge Action

Tenth Circuit Says Termination of Miner Was Not Retaliatory

PA Tow Truck Operator Was Employee, Not an Independent Contractor

In Berkebile Towing & Recovery v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd. (Harr), 2021 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 427 (May 10, 2021), the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a decision by the state’s...

Opinion Mondays: Proximity in Time Between Injury and Firing is Not Always Sufficient to Establish Prima Facie Retaliatory Discharge Claim

While proximity of time between an employee’s injury and her firing is generally sufficient to make out a prima facie case for retaliatory discharge, a recent federal district court decision...

Federal District Court Says Proximity of Firing to Filing Claim Was Alone Insufficient to Survive Employer’s Motion for Summary Judgment

Construing Colorado law, a federal district court granted, in relevant part, a former employer’s motion for summary judgment in a case filed against it for retaliatory discharge [Donez v. Leprino...

Surreptitious Recording Reveals Firing Was Connected to Comp Claim and Not Immigration Status

Yesterday, a federal district court held that a Tennessee employer had violated state employment law regarding retaliatory discharge where the employee in question was fired within one hour of the...

Firing Injured Florida Worker Before He Could File Claim Did Not Preclude Retaliatory Discharge Action

A Florida trial court erroneously granted a former employer summary judgment in a retaliatory discharge action filed by a former employee where the trial court based its decision on the...

Proximity of NY Worker’s Termination to Claim Could Not Alone Establish Retaliatory Motive

Where a New York workers’ compensation claimant admitted that, prior to his work-related injury, he had been told by an employer’s representative that the employer had contacted the claimant’s union...

Facebook® Plays Role in Indiana $400,000 Verdict for Retaliatory Discharge

An Indiana jury was within its province as factfinder in returning a verdict for more than $400,000 in compensatory and punitive damages against a former employer in a retaliatory discharge...

Wyoming High Court Adopts “Substantial and Motivating Factor” Test to Judge Retaliatory Discharge Claim

Adopting the “substantial and motivating factor” test to determine if an employer’s decision to terminate a worker’s employment was retaliatory, the Supreme Court of Wyoming reversed a trial court order...

Ohio: Trouble-Maker Fails to Prove Discharge Was Because of Workers’ Compensation Claims

Acknowledging that two employees who had been embroiled in a shouting match during the work day had been treated different by the employer–the employee who apparently started the argument received...