FLORIDA – A popular golf course violated the law when it fired a groundskeeper because he sought workers’ compensation benefits for an on-the-job injury, Jim Garrity alleged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.

The worker was trimming grass when debris from his high-powered weed-eater pierced his safety goggles and partially blinded him. After the injury, he had to ride his bike to an urgent care clinic, and then to an eye doctor, for immediate treatment. The lawsuit alleges that when he returned to work two days later, the owner told him to leave and never return because he was a “liability.” The injured worker remains blind in the injured eye and appears unlikely to regain full use.

Under the law, employers cannot “discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate, or coerce any employee” because they claimed or attempted to claim workers’ compensation benefits.

Employers frequently fire employees who suffer workplace injuries. It’s illegal. Employees who lose their jobs for this reason have powerful rights and can recover substantial compensation. If you were injured on the job and then experienced retaliation, email us at Jim@JimGarrityLaw.com for a free, no-cost confidential consultation. We’re here to help.

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Categories: Accommodations, ADA Retaliation, Worker's Compensation Benefits, workers compensation insurance, wrongful termination

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