South Bend Community School Corporation v. Connie Grabowski

── South Bend Community School Corporation v. Connie Grabowski ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00395 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 24, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush and Justice Massa concur. Justice Goff and Justice Molter dissent Indiana has long been an employment-at-will state. An employer generally may terminate an employee for any reason. A narrow exception to this general rule is that an employer may not fire an employee for pursuing a statutory right. One such example, at issue here, is the right to file a claim for workers’ compensation. This narrow exception applies when the employee is fired (or, here, constructively discharged) “solely” for filing (or indicating an intention to file) a workers’ compensation claim.