On Sunday (10-11-15) I got up to start getting ready to go to work and noticed that one of my cats had diarrhea and had had a couple accidents where she couldn't get to the pan fast enough. I decided to take her to the vet and notified my boss that I had to take care of her, so I wouldn't be in. He texted back that he was contacting his supervisor, but since I wasn't giving him the required 4 hours advanced notice, I had to go cover my shift.
I then contacted his supervisor about it who said I had to go in so just "put the cat (diarrhea and all) in her crate." and get to work. In other words (in their minds) covering their account was more important than taking care of my sick cat, and they weren't going to, and didn't, try to find someone to cover the shift for me. I even told them I called the guys who were already there and one said he'd stay until they found someone else. He didn't care, he wanted ME to "screw the cat, cover your own shift."
Long story short, I left a sick cat at home and went in to work because I didn't want to give them an excuse (they'd try no call no show) to fire me.
My question is, had the cat been sick enough that it died while I was at work, would I have good grounds for a "Wrongful Death (of a pet) lawsuit against them.
I then contacted his supervisor about it who said I had to go in so just "put the cat (diarrhea and all) in her crate." and get to work. In other words (in their minds) covering their account was more important than taking care of my sick cat, and they weren't going to, and didn't, try to find someone to cover the shift for me. I even told them I called the guys who were already there and one said he'd stay until they found someone else. He didn't care, he wanted ME to "screw the cat, cover your own shift."
Long story short, I left a sick cat at home and went in to work because I didn't want to give them an excuse (they'd try no call no show) to fire me.
My question is, had the cat been sick enough that it died while I was at work, would I have good grounds for a "Wrongful Death (of a pet) lawsuit against them.