Corey Curtis Forbes v. Best Buy Co.;, Inc.

Denver, Colorado, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful termination theory.

The plaintiff is Mr. Corey Forbes, who worked for Best Buy Co., Inc.
Best Buy had separate policies for attendance and Covid-19.

Before Covid-19 struck, the attendance policy required employees
unable to work to notify management at least one hour before their shifts.
Employees would get fired if they missed three straight days without
giving notice.

Best Buy changed some of its attendance policies during the
pandemic. For example, if employees tested positive for Covid-19, they
wouldn’t need to return to work until (1) at least ten days had passed from
the onset of symptoms and (2) there were no more symptoms.

In 2021, Mr. Forbes tested positive for Covid-19 and invoked the new
policy. Six days later, a supervisor asked Mr. Forbes when he would return
to work. He responded that he had been cleared to return on December 20,
2021.

But Mr. Forbes didn’t come to work on December 20 or 21. On
December 21, Mr. Forbes texted that he would return on December 22. But
Mr. Forbes again missed work without telling Best Buy before his shift.
Near the end of Mr. Forbes’s shift, his supervisor asked about the absence.
Mr. Forbes responded that he had needed to resolve an arrest warrant for
Appellate Case: 25-1168 Document: 28 Date Filed: 03/19/2026 Page: 2
unpaid traffic tickets.

Best Buy then fired Mr. Forbes for violating the
attendance policy.

Summary judgment in favor of the Defendant.

Affirmed