Hunt v. Van Der Horst Corp.

DEVANY, Justice.

Milton Carrol Hunt appeals a summary judgment against him in his suit against his former employer, Van Der Horst Corporation, claiming that the employer wrongfully terminated his employment because he filed a workers’ compensation claim. Van Der Horst contends that summary judgment was appropriate because it conclusively established: (1) that, at the time it fired Hunt, he had taken no steps towards instituting a workers’ compensation claim; and (2) that Van Der Horst decided to fire Hunt before his alleged injury, thereby conclusively establishing that there was no causal…