- June 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
A jury sided with a business in the case of a South Florida man who sued his former employer, claiming he never got paid sick leave while at home quarantining with COVID-19.
According to the complaint, Timothy O’Bryan had been working as a mold and fire technician with Joe Taylor Restoration Inc. since 2018. Then he got sick back on March 30, 2020.
He said he had symptoms of COVID-19, so the Delray-based company asked O’Bryan to stay home, quarantine and fill out two health forms.
“Obviously, we were all affected by the coronavirus and unfortunately some people tried to take advantage of that,” said Joe Taylor, the owner of Joe Taylor Restoration Inc.
Taylor says there’s more to the story after one of his employees tried to sue him.
“It’s difficult to sometimes take a stance against someone in connection with the pandemic, but at the end of the day, it became easier when I started digging in,” said attorney Daniel Levine, who…
