USCA 6th Upholds Comp Retaliatory Discharge

In an opinion not certified for publication, the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has upheld the six figure jury award to an injured worker who sued for retaliatory discrimination outside the Kentucky workers' compensation system.In Bullard vs. Alcan Aluminum Corporation (03-5334, 11/03/04), Bullard, a forklift operator for Alcan since 1995, began treating with a chiropractor in 1996 after experiencing a stiff neck, headaches, and numbness in his arms and fingers. By summer of 1999, he told a plant safety representative and a supervisor that he "was going to the doctor becau...