Michael Harris, a 19-year-old delivering pizzas for Papa John’s, gossiped with a manager that his supervisor, Robert Shields, was sleeping with an employee. Shields found out, and he and Harris decided to resolve their differences by agreeing that Shields would punch Harris in the chest. Unfortunately, the punch caused cardiac arrhythmia and killed Harris. Harris’s family sued Papa John’s, and the Iowa Supreme Court ruled May 12 that a jury would need to decide if the punch was an “adverse employment action” entitling the family to damages from the employer, or a private matter.
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Michael Harris, a 19-year-old delivering pizzas for Papa John’s, gossiped with a manager that his supervisor, Robert Shields, was sleeping with an employee. Shields found out, and he and Harris decided to resolve their differences by agreeing that Shields would punch Harris in the chest. Unfortunately, the punch caused cardiac arrhythmia and killed Harris. Harris’s […]
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