Hodges v. S.C. Toof & Co.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

In this retaliatory discharge action, Plaintiff-Appellant Carl E. Hodges alleges Defendant-Appellee S.C. Toof & Company terminated Plaintiffs employment because of his jury service. At trial, the jury returned a verdict for Plaintiff and awarded him $200,000.00 compensatory and $375,-000.00 punitive damages. The Court of Appeals, while upholding the jury’s finding of retaliatory discharge, vacated the award of compensatory and punitive damages holding that under T.C.A. § 22-4-108, the exclusive remedy for an employee’s discharge because of jury service was…