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If I was fired a short time after receiving Workers Compensation benefits, do I “automatically” have a viable Retaliatory Discharge lawsuit?

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If I was fired a short time after receiving Workers Compensation benefits, do I “automatically” have a viable Retaliatory Discharge lawsuit?

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A. No. The simple fact that you were fired after applying for or receiving Workers’ Compensation benefits, is not, in itself, sufficient. You must present evidence proving that the firing was a “direct result” of or in retaliation for filing a Workers’ Compensation claim.