U.S. Supreme Court Says Kentucky Man Can Sue For Alleged Retaliation: Chalk One Up For Kentucky Employees

A Kentucky man was fired in 2003 from a steel plant a month after his bosses learned that his fiancée had filed a discrimination complaint against the company. He sued claiming that they fired him to retaliate against his fiancée. The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that he can sue his employer for retaliation related to his fiancée’s complaint. Justice Scalia wrote: “We think it obvious that a reasonable worker might be dissuaded’ from filing a complaint “if she knew that her fiancée would be fired.” The 8-0 ruling provides important protect for Kentucky workers whose spouses or relatives work at the same company and who might otherwise be afraid to file discrimination or sexual harassment complaints against their employers out of fear that relatives might suffer retaliation from such complaints.

For more information on the rights of Kentucky Workers in the workplace who have suffered from retaliation, sexual harassment, or discrimination, see one of our previous blog posts on these type of claims. (Click here for the link).

The Ackerson Law Offices have handles all types of lawsuits protecting employees in the work place, from discrimination to retaliation to sexual harassment. For more information on the rights Kentucky employees in the workplace, contact attorney Brent T. Ackerson & the Ackerson Law Offices at (502) 882-5176 or email Brent Ackerson at by clicking here.