Kash Heed, former B.C. Solictor-General seen here March 12, 2009.JOHN LEHMANN
Embattled former B.C. solicitor-general Kash Heed has another legal issue on his hands.
A constituency assistant Mr. Heed fired earlier this year has filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court.
Keith Frew's lawsuit claims that at age 63, he was just a few years from retirement and his boss knew he'd just adopted a three-year-old boy.
"The defendant Heed was abrupt and rude to the plaintiff at the time of termination," said the lawsuit, filed on Monday.
Mr. Heed was the third MLA Mr. Frew had worked for over the past nine years.
When he was fired in February, Mr. Frew claims he was told not to come back to work during the three-week notice period.
"The dismissal by the defendants without just cause and without reasonable notice constituted an arbitrary and willful break of [Mr. Frew's]contract of employment with the defendants and a wrongful dismissal of the plaintiff," the lawsuit said.
Mr. Frew was making $60,000 a year when he lost his job.
The lawsuit seeks damages for breach of contract, along with the mental distress, anxiety and depression the dismissal caused.
Mr. Frew, who lives in Mission, B.C., didn't want to comment on the lawsuit or the other legal situations involving Mr. Heed.
Mr. Heed resigned as solicitor-general earlier this month after revealing he was part of an RCMP investigation involving election spending.
The police investigation revolves around Chinese-language election pamphlets that accused the NDP of planning to legalize heroin and cocaine and said the party would also consider bringing in an inheritance tax.
The Canadian Press