Sutton v. Tomco Machining, Inc.

Brogan, Judge.

I

{¶ 1} On the morning of April 14, 2008, DeWayne Sutton was working at Torneo Machining, disassembling a chop saw, when he injured his back.1 Sutton went to Tomco’s president, Jim Tomasiak, and told him about his injury. Within an hour of talking with Tomasiak, Tomasiak discharged Sutton from his employment as an at-will employee. Tomasiak gave Sutton no affirmative reason for discharging him, but he did tell Sutton that it was not because of his work ethic or job performance or because Sutton had violated any work rule or company policy. Following his discharge, Sutton filed a…