WOLFE v. CENTRAL MINE EQUIPMENT CO.

No. 87-1507.

850 F.2d 469 (1988)

Dennis WOLFE, Appellant, v. CENTRAL MINE EQUIPMENT CO., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Kaseberg, Edwardsville, Ill., for appellant.

Thomas M. Blumenthal, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Dennis Wolfe brought this action against his former employer, Central Mine Equipment Company, claiming that he had been fired in violation of a state statute, Mo.Ann.Stat. § 287.780 (Supp.1987). The statute makes it unlawful for an employer to discharge someone for exercising any of his rights under the state's workers' compensation law, and grants to any employee who has been discharged for any such reason a civil action for damages against...

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