Court: Retaliatory Discharge Suit Not Subject to Removal

An employee's retaliatory discharge suit cannot be removed to a federal court because the suit arose under state workers' compensation laws, a federal district court ruled. Case: Meeks v. Swift Transportation Inc., No. EP-09-CV-298-KC, 12/11/09, published.Facts: Virgil Meeks was employed by Swift Transportation in October 2007, when he was injured on the job while working at its facility in Los Lunas, N.M. He subsequently filed a workers' compensation claim in New Mexico. Meeks was approved to return to work on June 4, 2009, and was terminated on June 16. He filed a suit alleging r...