Re: Wrongful Termination?

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My$0.02: No. You say nothing that indicates he was "laid off"
simply becaue he filed a workers compensation claim. I see no
wrongful termination.

On 7/06/06, Tina wrote:
> Back in Novemember, my husband injured his shoulder. The
> doctor's believed it was a possible rotator cuff tear, but
> he was unable to get a MRI to determine it. He had to
> hire a lawyer to file a workman's comp claim, since the
> company he worked for at the time even refused to have the
> manager on duty at the time fill out an injury report.
>
> The first hearing was missed due to a death within the
> company, the second was dismissed all together due to an
> issue that his lawyer had missed out on. After the issue
> was dismissed, my husband's doctor released him back to
> work. My husband had his doctor fax over the release to
> his office, then called to find out where he would be
> going. We waited the whole weekend for a call from his
> job, but nothing. Then on Monday, the work coordinator
> called to say he had been laid off.
>
> My husband worked for a union, and at the time the company
> not only had people working overtime, but also had
> travelers from another union still working for the
> company. Does this sound like a case or wrongful
> termination?