Thomason v. Better-Bilt Aluminum Products, Inc.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

In this action for a retaliatory discharge, the trial judge directed a verdict at the close of the plaintiffs proof. The sole issue on appeal is whether the plaintiff introduced any evidence from which the jury could conclude that she was discharged for asserting her rights under the workers’ compensation law. We affirm the action of the lower court.

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Ms. Thomason was injured on the job on Saturday, July 23, 1988, when she got a sliver of glass in her wrist. On Monday, July 25, her employer gave her a list of five doctors whom she could consult. She picked out one of the…