HCA nurse sues for workers' comp, sexual discrimination

A local nurse has filed a lawsuit claiming, among other things, that he was illegally fired for pursuing workers' compensation benefits after hurting his back lifting patients at one of HCA’s foremost hospitals.

Nurse David Costelac, filed a civil complaint Jan. 26 in Davidson County Circuit Court, accusing HCA Holdings Inc. and the HCA subsidiary that runs Summit Medical Center, of workers' compensation retaliation, disability discrimination, sex and gender discrimination and the Family and Medical Leave Act interference and retaliation.