White v. Tomasic

Johnson, J.:

Welford S. White appeals from die district court’s granting of judgment as a matter of law in favor of Wyandotte County District Attorney Nick Tomasic, in White’s retaliatory discharge lawsuit which alleged that Tomasic fired White because he had filed a workers compensation claim. We reverse the district court’s determination that White failed to establish a prima facie case of retaliatory discharge.

White was working as an investigator for the district attorney’s office when he was injured in a slip and fall on March 7, 1995. White filed a workers compensation claim for this…