· 6/26/1995
Conatser v. Clarksville Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Citations
- 920 S.W.2d 646
- 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 327
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the fact that plaintiff was fired three weeks after receiving workers’ compensation was not sufficient evidence of a causal relationship
- holding that the fact that plaintiff was fired three weeks after receiving workers' compensation was not sufficient evidence of a causal relationship
- finding that a three-week time period between the plaintiff receiving workers’ compensation benefits and his termination was sufficient to show causation
- termination allowed if employee is not physically able to do the work required by the job
- dismissal three days after returning to work from injury recuperation was insufficient to show causal connection
- in rejecting common law retaliatory discharge claim based on plaintiffs discharge three days after filing a workers’ compensation claim, the Court found plaintiff could not establish causation by relying solely on temporal proximity
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Judges: Reid, Anderson, Drowota, Birch, White
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