Legal Opinion
Smith v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 23, 1999No. 01A01-9803-CV-00146PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAIN, Judge.
Plaintiff, Allen Scott Smith, filed suit against his former employer Bridge-stone/Firestone, Inc. for retaliatory discharge for the prior filing of a worker’s compensation complaint. Plaintiff sought “ ... actual damages including back pay, reinstatement, front pay if plaintiff is not reinstated, damages for embarrassment and humiliation, and punitive damages.” 1
On April 24, 1997, following discovery plaintiff filed an amended complaint with a second count charging failure of the defendant to notify the State of Tennessee of worker’s compensation injury in violation of…
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