**Wal-Mart illegally fired a worker after he returned from being hospitalized on medical leave because co-workers poisoned him with eight doses of laxatives, claiming they were chocolates, the worker claims in Oklahoma City Federal Court. Class-action complaints alleging Labor Code violations have been filed against these defendants: **Hilton Hotels, in Middlesex County Court, Cambridge, Mass., for allegedly filching service charges owed to waiters and waitresses; **Little Caesar Enterprises, in Los Angeles Superior Court; **ATX Services, on behalf of cable installers, in Kansas City, Mo., Federal Court; **Noland Health Services , in Gadsden, Ala., Federal Court; **St. Martin’s in the Pines , in Birmingham, Ala., Federal Court; **St. Tammany Parish School Board , on behalf of white people, in New Orleans Federal Court; **Crye-Leike South , in Gainesville, Ga., Federal Court; **Milum Inc. , and the **City of Coral Gables , in Miami Federal Court; and Park US Inc. , in West Palm Beach Federal Court.
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