Employment termanation due to Court Summons
My husbands received a court summon and now his employer is trying to hold that missed day of work for grounds to fire him. Is that legal? We were under the understanding that a summons is like a supena or jury duty are we mis understanding the law?
1 answer | asked Feb 17, 2004 12:23 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
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Court Summons
Interference with a witness violates the law and terminating someone for testifying is interference.
You may want to contact the lawyer who called your husband as a witness or the lawyer for the party on whose behalf your husband testified, and if all else fails the Judge (nor his clerk) in whose court your husband testified and ask that the lawyer or court personnel contact the employer and confirm that your husband was subpoenaed and legally required to appear. You may obtain some help from the county prosecutor's office, but they may or may not assist.
Make sure that the employer has a copy of the subpoena, too.
However, in the short term, your husband needs to do whatever he can to keep his job and to comply with all reasonable requests of the employer.
posted by Ann Lugbill | Feb 17, 2004 1:15 PM [EST]
Interference with a witness violates the law and terminating someone for testifying is interference.
You may want to contact the lawyer who called your husband as a witness or the lawyer for the party on whose behalf your husband testified, and if all else fails the Judge (nor his clerk) in whose court your husband testified and ask that the lawyer or court personnel contact the employer and confirm that your husband was subpoenaed and legally required to appear. You may obtain some help from the county prosecutor's office, but they may or may not assist.
Make sure that the employer has a copy of the subpoena, too.
However, in the short term, your husband needs to do whatever he can to keep his job and to comply with all reasonable requests of the employer.
posted by Ann Lugbill | Feb 17, 2004 1:15 PM [EST]
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