Desert Storm OIF PTSD Veteran Files Lawsuit Against Verizon

I have been with Verizon forever and really hope they do the right thing now.

Bronx War Veteran Says Verizon Fired Him to Avoid Dealing With PTSD: Suit
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By Eddie Small
July 21, 2015

Roche enlisted in the Marines Corps in 1986 and served in Operation Desert Storm from September 1990 to March 1991, according to the USMC. He was on reserve duty from 1994 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2011, and he was deployed in Iraq from June 2005 to February 2006, according to the Marines.

Roche served in the Marines from 1986 to 2011 and

fought in Iraq from 2005 to 2006, according to the USMC.

THE BRONX — A war veteran fired from Verizon after losing his temper at work claims that the phone company used the argument as an excuse because they were tired of dealing with his PTSD, according to a lawsuit recently filed in Bronx Supreme Court.

Verizon fired Miguel Roche, 48, on Oct. 9, 2014, a few weeks after he told a coworker during a meeting at their Dyre Avenue office that he would "kick his ass," according to Roche and court papers. Although Roche, of Wingdale, NY, who began working there in 1996, said the coworker had been antagonizing him and making his job difficult, he acknowledged that he had acted poorly at the meeting and expressed regret for how he handled himself. read more here