Tatum v. Progressive Polymers, Inc.

RAMEY, Chief Justice.

The Plaintiff below, Michael Tatum (“Tatum”), appeals from a take-nothing judgment in favor of the Defendant, Progressive Polymers, Inc. (“Progressive Polymers”), after a jury trial in a suit alleging discrimination against Tatum in failing to re-hire him after Tatum had filed a workers’ compensation claim for injuries sustained at Progressive Polymers’ plant. We will affirm.

The chronology of significant events is as follows:

• In 1985, Tatum was hired by Progressive Polymers and worked primarily as an extruder operator'.

• In January 1990, while working at Progressive…