Hightower v. Kendall Co.

Smith, Judge.

Pro se plaintiff David Hightower filed this action for wrongful discharge against his employer, Kendall Company. He also claimed that Kendall made “mean spirited,” false and misleading statements to the Georgia Department of Labor in order to deny him unemployment benefits. Summary judgment was granted in Kendall’s favor, and Hightower appeals.

Construed in Hightower’s favor, evidence was presented that he was employed as a truck loader at Kendall’s warehouse for approximately eight years before he was discharged. He did not work pursuant to a contract but was paid hourly wages as…