$750,000
Employment Settlement
Mike Kirk Received Award of $750,000 from Floyd County Jury for damages for wrongful termination of his employment at Clayton Mobile Homes. Kirk, a Clayton Manager, was fired for shooting and killing a "midnight intruder" at one of the homes, on the grounds that an employee could not bring a gun to work. Evidence was presented that person or persons had been breaking into the homes and that management would not offer any solution to the thefts. Kirk, as a manager, suffered the economic loss of the thefts. Case practiced by Phillip Wheeler.