981313 Cooley v. Tyson Foods Inc. 04/16/1999 A discharged employee failed to present sufficient evidence to support a jury's finding that he was fired because he had intended to file a workers' compen

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981313 Cooley v. Tyson Foods Inc. 04/16/1999 A discharged employee failed to present sufficient evidence to support a jury's finding that he was fired because he had intended to file a workers' compen

State: Virginia

Court: Supreme Court

Docket No: 981313

Case Date: 04/16/1999

Plaintiff: 981313 Cooley

Defendant: Tyson Foods Inc. 04/16/1999 A discharged employee failed to present sufficient evidence to support

Preview:Present:  All the Justices

WALTER C. COOLEY
              OPINION BY JUSTICE LEROY R. HASSELL, SR.
v.  Record No. 981313 April 16, 1999

TYSON FOODS, INC., A NORTH
CAROLINA CORPORATION

FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
James B. Wilkinson, Judge

In this appeal we consider whether a discharged employee presented sufficient evidence to support a jury's finding that he was fired by his former employer because he had intended to file a workers' compensation claim.
Walter C. Cooley filed a motion for judgment against Tyson Foods, Inc., and its personnel manager, Leonard Parks.  Cooley, relying upon Code

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