Agriculture your username January 8, 2021 A previous employee at Sanderson Farms filed a complaint on Thursday in the Western District of Texas purporting that the company erred when firing him after he received a workplace injury. He purported that he was fired from Sanderson Farms for not disclosing a previous injury, which is unrelated to his workplace injury and should not have been a factor. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant breached the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Employee Income Retirement Security Act (ERISA). He explained in the complaint that he “suffered an on-the-job injury” of a torn meniscus in his right knee on October 9, 2020, and requested leave to receive knee surgery in late November, which would lead to a four to six week period where he should avoid “bending, squatting, or climbing.” The plaintiff explained that these are essential to his work as a mechanic at a Texas Sanderson Farms feed mill.