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 ...

Longtime Zamboni driver Al Sobotka wiped away tears as he described what happened to his life after he was fired for urinating in an ice drain at Little Caesars Arena in 2022. "Where was I gonna go?" ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated with new details. After one hour of deliberations, a jury ruled against fired Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka, concluding the longtime beloved ...

"What I did is really not that bad," says the man who spent 50 seasons as the Detroit Red Wings' Zamboni driver and arena manager—and he's now arguing that point in a Wayne County courtroom. Al ...

A jury has decided against former Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka in his lawsuit claiming wrongful termination. Sobotka, fired in 2022 for urinating where the Zamboni ice is dumped, argued ...

A longtime Zamboni driver for the Detroit Red Wings is fighting back in court with a wrongful termination suit against his former employer, Olympia Entertainment. Al Sobotka, who was 68 at the time, ...

A Wayne County jury has found that longtime Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka was not discriminated against because of his age and disability when he was fired for peeing in a drain in the ...

Sobotka claims he's a victim of age discrimination. He also said he has a prostate condition that makes bladder control difficult. Longtime Zamboni driver Al Sobotka wiped away tears as he described ...

Former Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka sued for age discrimination after being fired for urinating in an ice drain. Sobotka's lawyer argued the firing was an excuse to replace him with a younger ...