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SCHMITZ v. U.S. STEEL CORP.

No. A12-0709.

831 N.W.2d 656 (2013)

Darrel SCHMITZ, Respondent, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

May 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle Dye Neumann , Phillip M. Kitzer , Halunen & Associates, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Douglas R. Christensen , Marilyn Clark , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN; and Rodney M. Torbic (pro hac vice), United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellant.

Considered and decided by HUDSON, Presiding Judge; STONEBURNER, Judge; and KIRK, Judge.

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

Following a court trial, appellant U.S. Steel challenges the district court's judgment awarding respondent Darrel Schmitz $15,000 in damages, as well as reasonable attorney fees and costs, for threatening to discharge Schmitz for seeking workers' compensation benefits in violation of Minn. Stat. § 176.82, subd. 1, but finding for U.S. Steel on Schmitz's retaliatory-discharge and refusal-to-offer-continued-employment claims brought...

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