Smith v. Dunlop Tire Corp.

This is a retaliatory discharge case. The issues presented are (1) whether the trial court committed reversible error by striking the plaintiff's affidavits in opposition to the defendant's motion for summary judgment; and (2) whether the trial court committed reversible error by granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment. We affirm the summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Dunlop Tire Corporation.

The plaintiff, Michael D. Smith, was injured in an on-the-job accident while employed as a mold servicer at a tire manufacturing plant operated by Dunlop in Huntsville,…