Legal Question in Employment Law in Utah

Hi, I am working at a university as a custodian and about 2008 I started stripping a floor at work, I slipped and found out a few days later I was pregnant, my works doctors advised me to stay away from the stripper, but my supervisors did not care. They said they did not need to give me light duty so I had to eighter take all my FMLA and time off while the floor was being stripped by others, or just quit my job. Niether one was an option for me because I could not afford to quit or I would not be able to take care of my new baby, and I could not take FMLA because I would not have any time to take off for maternity leave. I ended up having to strip the floor, any my baby was born with a deformed leg and ankle, now he is going to get his foot amputated. Oh and this stripping of the floor happend right at my first trimester when the baby was forming. I was just wondering If I would be able to take anykind of legal action twards my work for this? Thank you for your time.


Asked on 11/10/09, 2:12 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alvin Lundgren Alvin R. Lundgren, L.C.

If a doctor provides a statement that there is a link between the baby's defect and the stripping you did, you may have a cause of action against the employer.

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Answered on 11/15/09, 9:01 pm


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