Worker's Suit Against Employer for Exposing Him to Dog Attack Tossed as Untimely

The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a utility company worker's civil suit against his employer, finding he waited too long to assert that he was deliberately given an assignment “below his pay grade” that exposed him to a dog attack. Shawn Pettis worked for the Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association for more than a decade. He allegedly was “vocal about conditions of his employment,” including issues of racial discrimination. Pettis claimed that NEMEPA "took actions to demean and harm [him]," in...