First Property Management Corp. v. Zarebidaki

LEIBSON, Justice.

In this case, an at-will employee (“Zarebidaki”) charges he was wrongfully discharged because he intended to pursue workers’ compensation benefits. The jury found for the employer, First Property Management Corporation (“First Property”). We are called upon to address the task of defining proper instructions for stating the causation issue in such cases. For reasons to be stated, we hold this issue should be framed in terms of whether the lawfully impermissible reason for discharge ‘Vas a substantial and motivating factor but for which the employee would not have been…