Chastain v. Owens Carolina, Inc.

Bell, Judge:

This is a statutory action by an employee seeking lost wages and reinstatement in a job from which he was discharged in retaliation for filing a claim under the Workers’ Compensation Law. The action was tried to a jury on the issue of whether the discharge was retaliatory. The jury found for the employee. With the consent of the parties, the court reserved to itself determination of the amount of lost wages the employee should recover. From a judgment awarding $52,930.00 in lost wages, the employer appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part and remand.

Carlee D. Chastain, the…