Legal Opinion
David Goetzke v. Ferro Corporation and Crawford & Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 6, 2002No. 01-1588PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Ferro Corporation (“Ferro”) terminated David Goetzke in August 1997 on the ground that he had defrauded it by exaggerating the extent of a work-related injury. In response to his termination, Mr. Goetzke filed this multi-count action in state court against Ferro and Crawford & Company (“Crawford”), a third-party administrator retained through Ferro’s insurance carrier to administer worker’s compensation claims brought by Ferro employees. In Count I, Mr. Goetzke alleged that Ferro had terminated him in retaliation for filing a worker’s compensation claim. Count II of the…
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