FORREST PERKINS v. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SOUTH BEND

── FORREST PERKINS v. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SOUTH BEND ── Case No.: 20S-CT-00233 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 31, 2020 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Goff concur. Justice Slaughter dissents Forrest Perkins was employed by Memorial Hospital of South Bend for about four years, first as a security officer and then as a police officer for the hospital police department. Before working for Memorial, Perkins served for thirty-two years as a Michigan State Trooper. Both parties acknowledge that Memorial employed Perkins as an at-will employee. In May 2015, Perkins left work early to testify at an unemployment benefit appeals hearing against Memorial on behalf of former coworker Rick Bradley.