Kent v. Chester Labs, Inc.

The plaintiffs-appellants, Debbie and Robert Kent, appeal from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to the defendant-appellee, Chester Labs, Inc., in an action alleging that Debbie Kent had been fired by the company in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim. The Kents alleged that the firing contravened both Ohio public policy and R.C. 4123.90, which specifically prohibits the retaliatory dismissal of an employee who has filed for workers’ compensation. In their two assignments of error, the Kents allege that the trial court erred by (1) applying an erroneous legal…