Iraq Veteran Sues Home Depot

Local Veteran Suing Home Depot After Being Fired For Missing Work To Deal With Injuries
WCHS News 8
Christopher A. Williams, Jarrod Clay
October 14, 2015

Scalf was in the Army for five years and spent 15 months in Iraq starting in 2006. While there, Scalf was in several gun fights and was hit with a roadside bomb 12 times. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, has PTSD, and now gets headaches that are sometimes to severe he can’t open his eyes.

TEAYS VALLEY, W.Va. – A U.S. Army veteran is suing Home Depot after he said the store fired him for missing work to deal with injuries he got while deployed in Iraq.

A quick search on Home Depot’s website can yield a page where veterans can go to apply for a job.

That’s exactly what Christopher Scalf did after his time in the Army was over, but Scalf said the company didn’t hold up to their end of the deal.

Scalf, a veteran of the U.S. Army, worked at Home Depot in Teays Valley for about three years until he was fired by the company. He and his attorney said Home Depot fired him for taking time off work to deal with injuries he got while in Iraq.

“While he is at would he would get headaches, and instead of providing some reasonable accommodations, Home Depot simply terminated his employment,” lawyer Mark Plants said.
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