Canamore v. Tube Turns Division of Chemetron Corp.

CLAYTON, Judge.

James Canamore appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court dismissing his civil rights action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. By that action Canamore alleges that his former employer, Tube Turns Division of Chemetron Corporation (Tube Turns), unlawfully discriminated against him in violation of KRS 344.-040, the employer’s discrimination provision of KRS Chapter 344 (the Kentucky Civil Rights Act).

Tube Turns terminated the black industrial engineer’s employment in May of 1979, ostensibly due to his excessive absenteeism, refusal to accept work assignments,…