Updated May 11: Revised to include a statement from Accucare.

A former employee sued a Fort Worth mortuary saying he began to suffer from asthma and was traumatized from the work he did there.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in a Tarrant County district court, Jeremy Hoes alleges that Accucare Mortuary Service Inc. violated the Texas Labor Code by discriminating against him because he filed a workers' compensation claim.

Hoes, who worked for the mortuary from October 2013 to January 2017, is seeking monetary relief of $100,000 to $1 million, according to a lawsuit first reported by WFAA-TV (Channel 8).

The mortuary on Thursday said in a prepared statement that the claims are "without merit" and that Hoes' suit "contains information that is both misleading and inaccurate."

According to the lawsuit, Hoes was assigned to perform mortuary services on a man who died from ingesting paint fumes in November 2016. Hoes said he was not provided with personal protective equipment and, as a result of exposure to the fumes, he said he began to suffer chronic asthma.

Accucare challenges Hoes' claims. "Evidence will show that the employee never picked up a body of an individual who died from inhaling paint fumes," it said in its statement.

"Our vehicles are equipped with hazmat equipment. Our company carries worker's compensation coverage and clearly posts the information employees need to file claims," Accucare said.

The next month, Hoes said he was assigned to handle the bodies of Shanna Vandewege and her 3-month-old son Diederick who "had been decapitated," according to the suit. Craig Vandewege, husband and father to the victims, was arrested in their deaths.

Hoes said he had suffered a post-traumatic stress reaction from performing the services on the Vandewege's, the lawsuit states.

Hoes said Accu Care did not pay for any of his medical expenses. Two days after telling the mortuary he had filed for workers' compensation, he was terminated and told his services were no longer needed, the suit states.

The suit alleged Hoes has suffered loss of earnings and mental anguish because of the mortuary's conduct.

Accucare "is not interested in trying this lawsuit in the media, but he is making claims that didn't come up until after his termination," attorney Joanna Salinas told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.