A man won a lawsuit today against his former employer, a alcoholic Brewer, Brahma Brewer, when he claimed that working at the company had turned him into an alcoholic, therefore being terminated by the company for being a lush was not his fault and he should be compensated. z
He argued that his job responsibilities at the company in the quality assurance department required him to drink 3.2 gallons of beer a day, 40 hours a week for 20 years.
He was awarded about $30,000 in damages and a monthly pension for life equal to his old salary of about $2,600.
``Brahma brewing company will have to compensate its senior brewer ... for inability to work due to alcoholism acquired during his 20 years of work in which he had to conduct beer quality tests,'' a court in Brasilia said in its ruling, posted on its Web site.
The court, which upheld an earlier decision by a lower court, said Brahma's main crimes were failing to warn him of the risks associated with his profession and failing to conduct medical tests. |
