Need professional legal advice..can he sue???

Question

i have a friend who got a job with a property management company..at his interview they asked him if he had any past criminal charges and he was honest and said yes he had a 6 year old weed charge and they said ok thats fine as long as you dont have any sexual charges against minors and no violent offenses you are fine. so they hired him and then a week later they told him they were firing him for his record having a weed charge on it.the one he had already disclosed with them and they still hired him anyway..cn he sue the company? he left another job when he got hired at this job and now a week after starting work they fired him for something he already disclosed before he was hired..please help! thanks

Answer 1

Most states are employment at will, which means the employer can fire you any time, for any reason.  Sorry but your friend has no case.  I'm sure he was looking forward to getting rich off of something his employer had every right to do.

Answer 2

Tell your dopehead friend to stop looking for a windfall and to go get another job. Druggies are liars, so he probably lied to you about what really happened and lied on his application too. Just say no.

- Skdmark Kid

Answer 3

no, he cant sue. its unlikely the employer would agree that he told them about his record. you didnt mention anything about a contract, so the employer was under no obligation to keep him as an employee. all they would have to say is 1) he did tell them about his record, but he failed to do the job to their standards. or 2) he didnt tell them abour his record or 3) he told them about his record, but didnt mention it was a felony, which they dont accept.

without a agreement its pretty hard to sue, the amount of money he would get if he was successful wouldnt cover a lawyers costs either im sure. unless he makes a lot of money, the judge could easily rule a months pay n thats it just because there are a lot of jobs out there, he was concidering leaving anyways so this only cost him time. the only arguement would be the amount of time it cost. but that wont be a lot. you cant really sue for damages  

Answer 4

If he had a contract for a specific period of time, he can enforce the contract. If he was free to quit at any time, then he could be fired at any time and for any reason.   Even if had no record, they could have fired him on the first day, so the fact that he left a job is of no consequence.

Answer 5

I am not a lawyer, but I don't think he can sue over the firing, but he may be able to small claim some of his loses, such as expenses for clothes, mileage,he had to pay to get this job, plus a severance should be in order as well. it should be easy because if their incompetents cause you to lose your status in the community. that is giving you a false belief that you would have a check soon to pay your bills.and now you have lost some trust with the people you owe money to because of what they did. He acted in good faith, they accepted and before you knew it, you was making enemies because of their actions toward him.. sound good to me,  

Answer 6

Companies do not need any reason to fire a person, unless they are protected by a union agreement or are in a protected class (e.g., race).

The employer went to a lot of trouble and expense to hire this guy, and then fired him a week later for reasons they knew beforehand? Makes no sense. Much more likely they came to a decision they didn't want your friend around for some other reason, and used this as an excuse.

Either way, other than those two exceptions above, he would not win a lawsuit against them.