Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Beaulieu of America, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided June 25, 1996No. Civil Action CV-95-S-2782-NEPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
SMITH, District Judge.
This action was commenced in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Alabama. Plaintiff alleges that, while employed by defendant, he was injured on the job, filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits, and thereafter was wrongfully terminated in violation of Alabama Code § 25-5-11.1 (1992). That statute provides:
No employee shall be terminated by an employer solely because the employee has instituted or maintained any action against the employer to recover workers’ compensation benefits under this chapter or solely because the employee has filed a…
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