Legal Opinion
Riesen v. Irwin Industrial Tool Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 2006No. S-05-208PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hannon, Judge, Retired.
I. NATURE OF CASE
Gary Riesen brought suit against his former employer, Irwin Industrial Tool Company (Irwin Industrial), alleging he was fired in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim. The trial court granted summary judgment for Irwin Industrial, and Riesen appealed.
In this opinion, we conclude that Riesen met his burden of establishing a prima facie case of retaliatory discharge for filing a workers’ compensation claim. We also conclude that Riesen’s evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to Riesen, created a genuine issue of fact as to whether the…
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