Keystone Foods Corp. v. Meeks

Based on a jury verdict, the trial court entered a judgment for the plaintiff, Tiffany Meeks, in her action alleging that she had been dismissed from her employment for filing a workers' compensation claim. The defendant, Keystone Foods, Inc., appeals from the denial of its motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the nonmoving party, as we are required to do, we find that the evidence tended to show the following:

The plaintiff, Tiffany Meeks, began working for Keystone in March 1990. Keystone is in the business of processing chicken.…