Clifford v. Cactus Drilling Corp.

Plaintiff appeals as of right a lower court order granting a motion by defendant for summary judgment. We reverse.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether an employer may fire an employee on account of absences from work that were due to a work-related injury for which the employee is entitled to compensation benefits. The few pertinent facts of this case are summarized in the dissenting opinion.

For purposes of determining the propriety of a motion for summary judgment, a trial judge must accept as true all of the nonmovant’s factual allegations as well as any reasonable inferences that could…