Napier v. Stratton

The appellant in this proceeding, Danny Napier, sued Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc., and certain of its employees for wrongfully terminating his employment and for violating the West Virginia Human Rights Act. After extensive discovery, the Circuit Court of Ca-bell County granted the defendants summary judgment. In this appeal, the appellant claims that the circuit court erred in granting the summary judgment and that the court should have allowed the case to go to a jury.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The appellant, who weighed 320 pounds and who had previously suffered an umbilical hernia, began working for…