Wallace v. Milliken & Co.

Goolsby, Judge:

This is a retaliatory discharge action brought by Jimmy Wallace against Milliken & Company pursuant to Section 41-1-80 of the South Carolina Code of Laws (1976 & Supp. 1988). 1 The trial judge, sitting without a jury, found in Wallace’s favor. He awarded Wallace $12,500.69 in lost wages and ordered him reinstated. Milliken appeals. We affirm.

The questions on appeal relate to the standard of review, the sufficiency of the evidence as to retaliatory discharge, the burden of proof regarding an affirmative defense al lowed by Section 41-1-80, the trial judge’s denial of Milli-ken’s…