Phillip Leon-Calderon v. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff was employed as a line haul driver for Defendant from 2013 to 2020. (Compl. § 8, ECF No. 1-2.) Plaintiff sustained a lower back injury while working in September 2020; he was placed on medical leave for one week and returned to work Page 1 of CIVIL MINUTES — GENERAL Initials of Deputy Clerk SMO

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at full duty. (Id. ¶¶ 10–11.) On November 3, 2020, Plaintiff was involved in a vehicle collision, which revived his lower back injury and additionally injured his right knee. (Id. ¶¶ 12–15.) Two days later, Plaintiff asked a supervisor and human resources representative to be sent to a doctor for a medical evaluation of his physical and psychological injuries from the collision. (Id. ¶ 16.) The supervisor told him to call the number listed on the back of his medical card, and the human resources representative told him they would call him back. (Id. ¶ 17.) A few days later, the supervisor and human resources representative informed Plaintiff that his employment was terminated because Defendant’s corporate office concluded the…