Firestone Textile Co. Division v. Meadows

LEIBSON, Justice.

Tom Meadows was employed as a maintenance specialist at Firestone Textile Company in Bowling Green, Ky. He suffered a back injury and was off work for a substantial period of time. Thereafter, according to his testimony, he was first assigned light duty, then assigned duties beyond his capacity, and then terminated for seeking workers’ compensation benefits.

Meadows seeks damages alleging he was wrongfully discharged. The trial court held that if he was discharged in retaliation for seeking workers’ compensation benefits the discharge was wrongful, and submitted the question…