More than three years after getting fired for urinating in a drain at work, ex- Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka heads to trial this week in Wayne County Circuit Court, where he hopes to convince a jury that he was wrongfully axed from a job he held for 50 hockey seasons.
A jury of five women and three men was seated on Tuesday, Oct. 7 in the high-profile employment dispute, which pits a beloved Zamboni driver and octopus twirler and hurler against a multibillion-dollar entertainment company.