Hudson v. Zenith Engraving Co., Inc.

Rhodes, Justice:

Hudson (appellant) seeks damages for mental distress on the basis of an alleged retaliatory discharge from employment with Zenith Engraving Company (respondent) for his pursuit of workmen’s compensation benefits. The lower court ■granted summary judgment for respondent. We affirm.

Appellant was an at-will employee with respondent in its copper roller department when he sustained an injury to his lower back on November 18, 1976. He had previously suffered a similar injury in May 1975 while on the job and had received temporary total disability compensation for that injury. As a…