Retaliation Lawsuits

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United States: US Supreme Court Expands Employer Liability for ...
Mondaq News Articles (subscription) - London, UK
... standards. The prudent employer would, of course, follow the more pro-employee standard, in an effort to avoid a lawsuit for retaliation. ...

Mediation is next in pay dispute
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... Attorneys representing paramedics who won a federal overtime lawsuit will have ... paramedics filed another suit last October, alleging retaliation for attempting ...

Labor and Employment Law
Because no lawsuit was yen filed when Bali was discharged, ... The anti-retaliation provision facilitates the enforcement of the flsa's standards by ...

LEEB Update-Ewan-092305
sufficient to support a retaliation lawsuit. ... conduct to scrutiny under the anti-retaliation provisions of Title VII. Given ...

Hospitality Net - Industry News - According to the Supreme Court ...
In fact, the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision ... extra weekend shifts are now potentially bases for a retaliation lawsuit. ...

Officers file federal suit
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside, CA, USA
... damages and a court order barring retaliation, centers on ... Affairs investigation against Lowes, the lawsuit notes. ... of the department's SWAT and anti-gang squads ...

Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White, Sheila ...
"We conclude that the anti-retaliation provision does not confine the actions and harms it forbids to those that are related to employment or occur at the ...


Newssite: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati - U.S. Supreme Court ...
The Court held that because the anti-retaliation provision does not contain ... making or supporting a charge of discrimination" is fodder for a lawsuit. ...

Whistleblower Laws
In 1986, Congress added anti-retaliation protections to the False Claims Act. These ... which allows a whistleblower to file a lawsuit in federal court, ...

Workplace Fairness - Government Fraud (False Claims Act)
The anti-retaliation section permits the whistleblower to file a ... currently resolving the issue of when an FCA retaliation lawsuit must be filed: whether ...

CLHE STUDENT AFFAIRS LAW & POLICY WEEKLY
Finally, violation of internal institutional anti-retaliation policies may also give rise to a retaliation lawsuit. A retaliation allegation is often the ...

Employer "Retaliation" Prompts State Suit
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today filed a novel anti-retaliation lawsuit against a Jamestown company that sued workers who complained about underpayment ...

Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP - Attorneys
To further these anti-retaliation policies, the Supreme Court has lowered the ... need to run its business against the possibility of a retaliation lawsuit. ...

May 2006
anti-retaliation provision does not confine the actions. and harms it forbids to those that are ... retaliation lawsuit. Courts will likely dismiss fewer ...

WBI: Workplace Bullying Studies
The anti-retaliation provision covers only those employer actions that ... However, the inevitable retaliation for daring to complain or file a lawsuit in ...

Felhaber, Larson Fenlon & Vogt - Scope Of Title VII’s Anti ...
The issue before the court in Jute was whether this provision, often called the anti-retaliation clause, extends to situations where the employee did not ...

Genesys Media Advisory: Announcing "Expanding the Reach of the ...
Expanding the Reach of the Anti-retaliation Statute Beyond the Work Place ... Will every act of discipline in the work place result in yet another lawsuit? ...

LEEB Update-Ewan-092305
sufficient to support a retaliation lawsuit. ... conduct to scrutiny under the anti-retaliation provisions of Title VII. Given ...

FLSA - limits of protection against Retaliation in 4th Circuit
the FLSA's anti-retaliation provision. The Secretary contends that the ... FLSA's anti-retaliation provision if we were to expand its applicability ...

Critical Issues in the Law and Their Impact in the Workplace ...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), [iii] which was enacted in 1938, includes an anti-retaliation provision. The FLSA governs a company’s wage and hour ...

13548-113006-Punitive Damages Deemed Available and Proper In FLSA ...
violation of § 215(a)(3) of the FLSA. The Court. instructed the jury prior to its verdict that if it found. SCI liable for violating the anti-retaliation ...

FLSA's anti-retaliation provision protects employees who complain ...
FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision protects employees who complain to employers about FLSA violations from Law Reporter in Reference & Education provided free ...

FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State ...
Both Ball and the Secretary emphasize that the FLSA's anti-retaliation provi- ... The anti-retaliation provision facilitates the enforcement of the FLSA's ...

Labor and Employment Law
To secure compliance with the substantive provisions of the FLSA, ... The anti-retaliation provision facilitates the enforcement of the flsa's standards by ...

Law Firm Paul Hastings Elects Sixteen To Partnership - US Law
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Lawfuel (press release) - Wellington,NA,New Zealand
... as hiring/firing, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, FLSA, incentive compensation ... experience includes franchise, intellectual property, anti-trust, fraud ...

KENNEDY&KNOLL, law firm in Columbus, Delaware Fairfield Franklin ...
Anti-Retaliation Protections. The FLSA makes it unlawful for any person to
discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because the ...

RETALIATION UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT The Fair Labor ...
The court reasoned that this broad anti-retaliation provision. shows that Congress could have written the FLSA anti-retaliation provision broadly, and ...

KENNEDY&KNOLL, law firm in Columbus, Delaware Fairfield Franklin ...
Anti-Retaliation Protections. The FLSA makes it unlawful for any person to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because the ...

HR Answers - General Information / FAQs & Facts
Is that employee protected by the FLSA anti-retaliation provision? ... The FLSA also contains an anti-retaliation provision, which makes it unlawful to ...

Contreras v. Corinthian Vigor Insurance Brokerage, Inc.: Court ...
Contreras filed a lawsuit under the FLSA claiming that, in reporting her to the INS,
... the anti-retaliation provision of the FLSA, it virtually guts it. ...

HR Answers - General Information / FAQs & Facts
Is that employee protected by the FLSA anti-retaliation provision? ... The FLSA
also contains an anti-retaliation provision, which makes it unlawful to ...

NPELRA: Legislative & Legal Updates
Human Resources Directors and Anti-Retaliation Laws: Less Protection For Doing
... paid overtime in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (the FLSA). ...

Retaliation under FMLA
FMLA relies on the anti-retaliation provision in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The anti-retaliation provision in FLSA is narrower than other laws, ...

Bailey Amicus Brief
By its terms, Section 16(b) allows private plaintiffs to sue for appropriate
equitable relief to enforce the FLSA's anti-retaliation provision. ...

FLSA Protection Against Retaliation
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has expressly held that the FLSA's anti-retaliation
provision does not extend to internal complaints. See Ball v. ...

Employee Did Not Allege Valid FLSA Retaliation Claim Based On ...
It stated that although the FLSA's anti-retaliation provision protects an employee's
lawful efforts to secure rights afforded by the FLSA, it does not ...

RETALIATION UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT The Fair Labor ...
The court reasoned that this broad anti-retaliation provision. shows that Congress
could have written the FLSA anti-retaliation provision broadly, and ...

FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State ...
Both Ball and the Secretary emphasize that the FLSA's anti-retaliation provi-
... The anti-retaliation provision facilitates the enforcement of the FLSA's ...

FLSA | FLSA Information
Courts have ruled that the anti-retaliation FLSA provisions are designed to
foster an environment in which employees are unfettered in their decision to ...

FLSA's anti-retaliation provision protects employees who complain ...
'FLSA's anti-retaliation provision protects employees who complain to employers
about FLSA violations' from Law Reporter in Reference & Education provided ...

Fogleman v. Mercy Hosp. 00-2263 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF ...
Brock, 812 F.2d at 124 (applying the FLSA's anti-retaliation provision to
retaliation against an individual who had not actually engaged in protected ...

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ...
the FLSA's anti-retaliation provision. The Secretary contends that the ...
and the Secretary emphasize that the FLSA's anti-retaliation provi- ...

Proskauer Rose LLP - Punitive Damages Deemed Available and Proper ...
Punitive Damages Deemed Available and Proper In FLSA Retaliation Suit -- Case of First Impression In SDNY >> Download PDF (74.97 K) ...

United States: Arizona Adopts Sweeping Wage Reforms (Proposition ...
Mondaq News Articles (subcription) - London,UK
... pay records, which are required) for employees exempt under the FLSA white collar ... addition to paying damages to an employee for alleged retaliation, a company ...
Employment Law Memo sample
The trial court let the emotional distress award stand, concluding that such damages were available for FLSA retaliation claims. The 6th Circuit affirmed ...

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
wyler also asserted FLSA retaliation claims. Whittens FLSA retalia- ... trict court also determined that Whittens FLSA retaliation claim ...

FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State ...
The FLSA protects persons against retaliation for asserting their rights under ... A prima facie case of FLSA retaliation requires a demonstration by the ...

Employers Beware: Punitive Damages May Be Available for FLSA ...
Employers Beware: Punitive Damages May Be Available for FLSA Retaliation Claims from Mondaq Business Briefing in Business & Finance provided by LookSmart ...

FLSA: RETALIATION PROTECTION (August 2004)
Some courts allow punitive damages for FLSA retaliation even if there is no award for actual, compensatory damages in a case.[15] However, the 11th Circuit ...

EMPLOYMENT LAW
er who violates the anti-retaliation provision. of the FLSA shall be liable for such legal ... Be Available for FLSA Retaliation Claims. by Andrea Richard ...

Oregon Judicial Department Appellate Court Opinions
Reversed and remanded with instructions to reinstate jury verdict with respect to plaintiff's FLSA retaliation claim that related to her work as an ...

AHI's Employment Law Resource Center - Free Article
Employee Cleans up on FLSA Retaliation Claim. Fire an employee for complaining about unpaid overtime to the Department of Labor (DOL), and you can expect to ...

Employers Beware: Punitive Damages May Be Available for FLSA ...
Under the FLSA, in addition to attorneys' fees, punitive damages may be available against employers who retaliate. The retaliation penalties section states ...

97-7117 -- Johnston v. Ardmore Independent School District No. 19 ...
85, § 5, and retaliation prohibited by the FLSA; and violation of state and ... Plaintiff's FLSA retaliation claim before the district court focused on her ...

Former UCC employee may sue school
News-Review - Roseburg,OR,USA
... Bingham, who worked for the college for 18 years, is claiming retaliation for whistle ... If a person intends to file a lawsuit against a governmental body in ...

Commission: Fox News settled sexual harassment lawsuit
CourtTV - New York,NY,USA
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News has settled a lawsuit with four women ... providing training and revising its policies to prevent future discrimination and retaliation. ...

Worthy reminders
Professional Roofing - USA
... was terminated in retaliation for reporting a harassment claim. At the trial court level, DTG Operations convinced the court to dismiss the lawsuit, finding ...

Daily Briefing
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
... New York --- Fox News Channel has settled a lawsuit claiming that female ... training and revised policies, to prevent any future discrimination and retaliation. ...

An Owner's Guide To Dicey Workplace Complaints
Forbes - USA
... for dealing with it, you can reduce the likelihood of a lawsuit and even ... become angry at the employee, you open yourself up to claims of illegal retaliation. ...

Trouble in Store
Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
... The lawsuit, now pending in federal district court, seeks more than $1.5 million in ... They cannot help but think the firing was retaliation for talking to the AG ...

Judge orders computer access in suit
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... in retaliation for filing a worker's compensation claim and then, after the state ruled he was permanently disabled, canceled his health insurance. The lawsuit ...

Seymour teacher's suit claims retaliation
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
... sessions. The stress from the "ongoing and escalating retaliation," the lawsuit states, led Carone to take sick leave. Carone claims ...

News in brief from western Pennsylvania
Penn Live - Harrisburg,PA,USA
... also said she has been denied training opportunities and suffered retaliation and ostracism ... Chuck Korman said Tuesday had had not seen the lawsuit and could ...

Sheriff’s Attorneys Respond To Allegations
Boone Mountain Times - NC, USA
... Whatever political undercurrents may exist in the lawsuit filings, Shook and Capua have said ... to hurt me and who want me out of office in retaliation for being ...

Developing compromise
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... Amicone spokesman David Simpson left no doubt that the cancellations were in retaliation for the villages joining Greenburgh's lawsuit: "When we try to be good ...

Pension fund proposal may collapse
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... lawsuit. That tactic, he said, could doom the settlement. It's never going to go through the class-action process, he said. Because of the retaliation ...

Ex-employee sues Fort Lee over job issues
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... this week, claiming age discrimination, breach of contract and retaliation for speaking out ... In the lawsuit filed this week in state Superior Court in Hackensack ...

Firefighters plan suit
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... had been discriminated against in recruitment, hiring, assignments, promotions, discipline and retaliation. ... pay now or pay later in the form of a lawsuit. ...

Judge undos sheriff's actions
Indianapolis Star - United States
... sheriff learned Hughes made an audiotape that could be used against him in the lawsuit. "The discipline sends a clear message of retaliation and intimidation ...

EEOC files Huddle House sex-discrimination lawsuit
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... this week a settlement in a similar pregnancy-discrimination lawsuit filed in ... on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability or retaliation. ...

Dickerson Files Suit
Sussex County Online - Ocean View,DE,USA
... has filed a lawsuit against the Town of Fenwick Island and current and former town council members, charging that he was fired in retaliation for his attempts ...

Intel's worst nightmare
CNNMoney.com - USA
... This time AMD hopes to break free to parity. The lawsuit is its hacksaw. AMD ... We can't afford that kind of retaliation.". Intel's ...

Boone County residents sue County Board, Treasurer
Rock River Times - Rockford,IL,USA
... and Hernandez stressed the wind farm and lawsuit were two separate issues. Ramsay refused to comment about whether this action was in retaliation for the ...

City settles with ex-employee for $1.8M
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
... to pay about $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit in which a former city employee claimed then-City Manager Mark Lewis fired her in 2004 in retaliation for her ...

EEOC files discrimination suit against Los Gatos clinic
San Jose Business Journal - CA,USA
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said Wednesday it filed a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against a Los Gatos clinic. ...

EEOC: Employee Was Fired For Helping Feds
CBS2 Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA
(STNG) CHICAGO The EEOC has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Chicago charging that Regal-Beloit Corp. fired an employee in retaliation for his cooperation ...

Veteran homicide detective cleared of perjury charges
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
... years ago became a homicide detective, filed a federal lawsuit against the ... after she complained about sexual harassment by fellow officers, retaliation came in ...

Deena Winter: Council tries to lessen property owners' pain
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,NE,USA
... the council some city employees were afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation. ... counsel to protect its interest in regard to a housing lawsuit against the city ...

United States: California’s Highest Court Extends Anti-Slapp ...
Mondaq News Articles (subcription) - London,UK
... under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute ("anti-SLAPP statute," "SLAPP" referring to "strategic lawsuit against public ...

Corrections union head files civil suit against state
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... union representing corrections officers filed a federal civil lawsuit today against ... In addition to the ongoing retaliation, Neuberger said safety and security ...

Officers suspended over video parody sue San Francisco
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit include officers - both man and women - who ... chief's public denunciation of the video they suffered retaliation, defamation and ...

Woman indicted in theft of files
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
... Black and her attorney, Mark Beatty, yesterday said the charges were in retaliation for her 1997 sexual harassment lawsuit against the department. ...

Processing plant odor lawsuit to get hearing
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City,MI,USA
... the state Department of Environmental Quality that resulted in a civil lawsuit by the ... Bzdok denounced the suit as a retaliation against people who are fed up ...

Lawsuit centers on jail injection
Aspen Daily News - Aspen,CO,USA
... The lawsuit cites four claims of relief: a Fourth Amendment violation of ... officers and medics, and the First Amendment violation of retaliation for exercise of ...

Red Bluff seeking a new city manager
Record-Searchlight (subscription) - Redding,CA,USA
... Larry Stevens has since filed a lawsuit against the city and Price. It claims that Price helped orchestrate his ouster as mayor in retaliation for his ...

FBI Raids American Savings Bank Corporate Headquarters
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
... Alleging he was wrongfully discharged in retaliation for reporting a series of fraud ... the cases as an internal matter, Corniel filed a civil lawsuit in the state ...

'Great burden off our minds:' Hospital back in TRICAREfold
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
... In 2000, Huntsville Hospital filed a federal breach of contract lawsuit against Humana ... in August 2004, then-CEO Joe Austin called it "retaliation" and urged ...

Toronto RCMP officer alleges discrimination by colleagues, files ...
News - Kitchener,Ontario,Canada
... the conduct to be offensive and he complained, and he suffered retaliation because he ... Pieters said the lawsuit seeks $3.5 million "to send a message to the ...


SCLC to protest jailing of former county commissioner
WTVM - Columbus,GA,USA
... The SCLC alleges that Cross-Scott's prosecution was in retaliation for her role in ... The county settled a lawsuit in April and was required to reimburse inmates. ...

Trial begins in lawsuit filed by ex-instructor
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... 2004 for sex discrimination, retaliation and violation of her free speech rights. She asked for reinstatement to her job, back pay, costs of the lawsuit and ...

Del. troopers' $2 million retaliation victory thrown out
First Amendment Center - Nashville,TN,USA
... who ordered a new trial on a separate claim by Foraker that Chaffinch retaliated against him in revenge for losing a previous retaliation lawsuit filed by ...

Bedbug infestation brings suit
Rocky Mountain
News - Denver,CO,USA
... The lawsuit, filed in Denver district court by attorneys John Holland and Anna ... of the Colorado Fair Housing Act and discrimination and retaliation against the ...

City adjusts code fees, hear tenant complaint during fleet meeting
Henderson Daily Dispatch - Henderson,NC,USA
... In retaliation, Jones claims, Butler has told Jones to remove her two dogs from ... Zollicoffer announced that the city has settled its lawsuit against developer ...

EEOC alleges harassment at auto dealer
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
... ``The Company has very detailed policies and procedures that strictly prohibit all forms of discrimination and retaliation, and any such conduct is not and ...

$3.5m lawsuit alleges colleagues, supervisors routinely made slurs ...
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
... Tuesday that he felt he had "no choice" but to file a lawsuit against the ... the conduct to be offensive and he complained, and he suffered retaliation because he ...

IDOC Looks Into Employee Abuse
KBCI - Boise,ID,USA
... will not tolerate any employee wrong doing of employees who engage in retaliation," said Melinda ... She now plans on filing a lawsuit and says she knows two other ...
Rockland police officers dropped from federal suit
Bangor Daily
News - Bangor,ME,USA
... accusations, including retaliation and defamation. In notices filed in August 2004 and June 2005, Donnelly informed the city that should he file a lawsuit, he ...

Washington Post-Watch: Meltdown on Sunday in August
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America - USA
... who perished at the World Trade Center, named CAIR in a lawsuit as having ... Hezbollah based itself among noncombatants in part so Israeli retaliation might harm ...

Employee files harassment claim against Mullinax Ford
Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA
... said the company had not received a copy of the lawsuit, but was ... said the company has detailed policies that strictly prohibit discrimination and retaliation. ...

Union Pacific ordered to pay ex-employee for retaliation
East Bay Business Times - Contra Costa,CA,USA
has been ordered to pay a former employee who worked in its Oakland facility $67,500 for settlement of a lawsuit alleging retaliation by company officials. ...

County officials deny sheriff's claims of retaliation
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... number of command and support staff in what he says is an act of political retaliation. ... Minzey also vowed to file a lawsuit this week in an attempt to stop the ...

Minneapolis fire chief accused of civil rights violation
Minnesota Public Radio - Saint Paul,MN,USA
... It found no probable cause to support his claims of a hostile work environment and retaliation based on his participation in a lawsuit. ...

3 Kauai officers charged with theft
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
... Former Chief Lum suspended Arinaga with pay to look into a hindering-prosecution case, but Arinaga's lawsuit said the suspension was retaliation for trying to ...

Court Clears Way for Retaliation Claim
Inside Higher Ed - Washington,DC,USA
... everyone that her lawsuit was a Title IX case, and a spokesman for Lafayette agreed. After the Supreme Court ruling on Title IX retaliation, which came ...

School Board to pay $18,000 in bias suit
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... a lawsuit against the district, saying it failed to discipline a colleague who made repeated unwanted advances and did not protect her from retaliation for ...

Legal case continues against HPD employee
KPUA - HI,USA
... Black contended in a motion filed yesterday that the case was brought against her in retaliation for her successful sexual harassment lawsuit against high ...

Herrera files suit against Skyline
Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco,CA,USA
... a shocking panoply of corporate lawlessness, intimidation tactics, and retaliation against residents.". ... in San Francisco, was hit by a similar lawsuit in May. ...

Immigrant worker fired after lawsuit against hotel company
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... workers claim. On Thursday, Bauer said the lawsuit was amended to add a claim of retaliation against Castellanos. Separately, a ...

Wal-Mart court-order bid rejected
Boston Globe - United States
... Two cashiers signed affidavits alleging intimidation or retaliation. ... The lawsuit is one of more than 70 filed against Wal-Mart nationwide claiming the company ...

Judge: No retaliation in change of insurer
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
... Duran filed the lawsuit against the city in late 2004 claiming First Amendment retaliation and that the city had violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...

Fired execs sue Wright Foundation
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... The lawsuit alleges that the three women were fired in retaliation for questioning foundation irregularities, including allegations of questionable bidding ...

Retaliation Alleged for Teaching on Iraq War
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... Now the issue figures in a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District by a San Fernando High teacher who says the principal retaliated against him ...

Alltel, insurer in claim scuffle
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... The lawsuit suggests the refusal to pay for hurricane damage is retaliation for the earlier disputes over Alltel's insurance policies.

Commission agrees county violated statutes
Blue Springs Examiner - MO, USA
... claims that a decrease in Stringfield's operating budget was in retaliation for the ... The complaints reference a lawsuit filed by Stringfield in which he alleges ...

COMMENTARY: For love or money
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
... nightmare - is typical of an exploding kind of lawsuit in which ... hostile work environment, disparate treatment, and discrimination and retaliation involving the ...

FORMER AZALEA EMPLOYEE SUES SCHOOL DISTRICT
Curry Coastal Pilot - Brookings,OR,USA
... to answer any questions from the Curry Coastal Pilot regarding the lawsuit. ... As part of the retaliation, the district also subjected Smith to discrimination on ...

Legislators discuss ethics findings
Blue Springs Examiner - MO, USA
... $73,183. The ethics commission finding did not support claims the budget cut was in retaliation for Stringfield's lawsuit. "There ...

Donna ISD Facing a Second Whistleblower Lawsuit
Team 4

News - Harlingen,TX,USA
... a big way, slapping Donna ISD with its second whistleblower lawsuit. ... He claims retaliation after investigating bombshell irregularities in overtime work during ...

A Trio of Lawsuits
Inside Higher Ed - Washington,DC,USA
... Late in the year, De la Pena was told that her contract would not be renewed. De la Pena filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination and retaliation. ...

Whistleblower suit names sheriff
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... The lawsuit asks for damages based on the "whistleblower" statute that provides protection from retaliation to public employees who report violations of the ...

Culberson search leads to lawsuit
Georgetown

News Democrat - Georgetown,OH,USA
... all acts complained of herein, as well as individually for acts of retaliation and discrimination," it said in the suit. According to the lawsuit filed, law ...

Prosser chief's lawsuit dismissed
Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakima,WA,USA
... dismissed a former Prosser police chief's wrongful termination lawsuit Wednesday but ... his First Amendment rights by firing him in retaliation for investigating ...

Aide claims harassment by Wal-Mart in fraud case
Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA
... Wal-Mart attorney saying they should be preserved, the lawsuit documents state ... voiced her concerns, [Miles ] was immediately subject to retaliation with regard ...
Prison physician's retaliation lawsuit overturned again
The Argus - Fremont,CA,USA
... McRae's lawsuit claimed this complaint triggered retaliation including disciplinary letters, an internal-affairs probe and a transfer to CSP-Solano. ...

Dickson City chief: I knew suit was coming
Scranton Times-Tribune - PA, USA
... that prevents retaliation against an employee who reports wrongdoing, said Officer James Szewczyk, the union representative. Ms. Gallagher’s lawsuit marks ...

Marco Island custodian amends lawsuit, adds claim school ...
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
... Samuel Gold, who is representing Betancourt, said the lawsuit was amended to include the incidents of what he claims are retaliation for Betancourt's lawsuit. ...

Former Fluor Hanford Worker Wins Lawsuit Against the Company
KNDU - Richland,WA,USA
... response to the ruling: "Our general experience over the past 10 years is that Fluor Hanford employees who raise concerns are supported, without retaliation. ...

LABOR DAY 2006 Sex harassment prevention classes may be paying off
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... had been filed against the harasser in his previous post, and that those who complained suffered retaliation. ... Whether training protects you in a lawsuit or not ...

Agreements To Submit Disputes To A Judicial Referee May Allow ...
Mondaq News Articles (subcription) - London,UK
... any or all of the issues in [the lawsuit], whether of ... statutory employment claims (eg, claims for harassment, discrimination, retaliation, etc.) Specifically ...

Whistleblower wins his lawsuit
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... Dixon, whose annual salary was about $58,000, argued he was fired in retaliation for publicizing the increasing health and safety hazards being unearthed at ...

Appeals court agrees ex-police officer was driven to quit
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... Browning wrote that Wallace, in his lawsuit against the city of San Diego, offered evidence of a pattern of discrimination and retaliation by the SDPD ...

2 UCI Doctors Face State Inquiry
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... to five doctors who asked that their names not be used for fear of retaliation. ... probe might be focused on claims made in a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed a ...

Lawyers Behaving Badly: Bill Bickel's Crimeweek, September 8, 2006
All Info About Crime - NY, United States
... The man had lost his lawsuit against St ... been widely believed that the Bush administration had leaked the information intentionally, in retaliation for Wilson's ...

Property owner sues again
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
... In the federal lawsuit, Mann is seeking unspecified punitive damages, claiming his civil rights protecting him from retaliation for a redress of grievances ...

Former head of agency on aging sues
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
... According to the lawsuit, filed in Clark County Superior Court on Thursday ... and its then-executive director, Janik was "terminated in retaliation for her ...

Landlord loses Kinross lawsuit
Allston-Brighton TAB - Needham,MA,USA
... landlord for breach of implied warranty of habitability; interference with statutory covenant of quiet enjoyment; breach of contract; retaliation; violation of ...

Former cop calls firing retaliation
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
... abandoned his assigned duty post, been paid for time when he was not on the job, and falsified his weekly time sheet and payroll record," Valand's lawsuit says ...

Dept. of Elder Affairs facing lawsuit
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
... Johnson said in her lawsuit that White forced her to put up with unwanted touching ... Lynch said, "Any allegations of retaliation of any kind are absolutely untrue ...

Lawsuit may aid women
Penn State Digital Collegian - University Park,PA,USA
... factors and Penn State did not engage in unlawful retaliation against Dr. Summy-Long at any time.". While Summy-Long stated in the lawsuit that she exhausted ...

Suit alleges Mt. Vernon's city manager lewd in workplace
Centralia Morning Sentinel - Centralia,IL,USA
... The lawsuit was filed in October by Jennifer McGovern, who was employed by ... It alleges sexual harassment and retaliation, with claims that her termination from ...

Vandal Watchers propose settlement against Fremont School district
Fremont Bulletin - California, United States
... suit against them.". Kitta said he believes the eviction was partially done in retaliation for filing the lawsuit. Kitta added the ...

Suit alleges guards beat 13 inmates
Chicago Tribune - United States
... County Jail severely beat 13 inmates last month in retaliation for another inmate's alleged attack on a correctional officer, according to a lawsuit filed today ...

Nathan Newman: Immigrants and Cracking Down on Wage Law Violations
BuzzFlash - Chicago,IL,USA
... regardless of immigration status, have full protection against retaliation, since, in ... company that benefited from their exploitation is immune from lawsuit. ...

Ex-principal to get $8,500 in out-of-court settlement - 9/16/06
Roxboro Courier Times - Roxboro,NC,USA
... that, with the exception of a First Amendment retaliation claim against the school board, the court had dismissed all of the claims in Locklear's lawsuit. ...

Threemile Canyon worker claims wrongful discharge
EastOregonian.info (subscription) - OR,USA
BOARDMAN - Attorneys filed a wrongful discharge lawsuit Thursday against RDO Bos Farms ... refused to sign an anti-union petition and in retaliation for having ...

Plans for haunted house buried
The Grand Rapids Press - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
... officials deny the charge there is any retaliation. And Reichert's nephew, Robert Reichert Jr., says the township is not named in the lawsuit, which was filed ...

Baumgartner Files Federal Civil Rights Action
North Country Gazette - Chestertown,NY,USA
... She provided Markus notice of the federal lawsuit by filing a ... statements justifying indicting Baumgartner for felony intimidation and retaliation in Cuyahoga ...

Hearing on sheriff's office firing to continue
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... represent Rob Jones and Deputy Jason Ellison in a lawsuit against the ... based on the "whistleblower" statute that provides protection from retaliation to public ...

Pentagon ordered to identify detainee abuse cases
ReutersAlertNet - London,England,UK
... The Associated Press filed a lawsuit last year seeking the detainees' names ... say, a whistleblower, whose anonymity is protected to avoid retaliation," he said. ...

Criminal investigator files suit against DA office
Sangre de Cristo Chronicle - Angel Fire,NM,USA
... Hubbard, a criminal investigator from Red River, has filed a lawsuit against District ... In the suit Hubbard alleges he was subjected to retaliation by his ...

Former aviation museum director still pushing lawsuit
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... director of the Evergreen Aviation Museum is facing a motion to dismiss his whistleblower lawsuit claiming he was fired in retaliation over disagreements about ...

Del Mar College, Benitez settle his lawsuit
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
... played a role in either Benitez's termination or retaliation against Lopez ... Albert Benitez's civil rights and breach of contract violations lawsuit against Del ...

Interpretations of ruling in Guthrie lawsuit vary
Gateway Newspapers - USA
... Guthrie's lawsuit, filed May 7, alleges numerous instances of intimidation and retaliation on the part of township officials since 2003 and cites violations of ...

Iowa Scene
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
LAWSUIT: A former University of Iowa rowing coach has filed a lawsuit against the University of Iowa alleging sex discrimination and retaliation. ...

2 Clark HS Students Sued Over MySpace Page
ClickonSA.com - San Antonio,TX,USA
... said. Apparently, that student posted the page in retaliation against Draker, who had disciplined him, the lawsuit said. The parents ...

Ken Rodriguez: Lewd Web Posting about principal leads to lawsuit ...
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
News page creator, alleging retaliation and identity theft. Anna Draker does not think enough was done, either. She is pursuing a lawsuit, alleging defamation ...

OAKLAND FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUES SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Workers need to feel safe about filing complaints of harassment and shouldn't fear physical retaliation for assertions of their right.". The lawsuit, filed in ...

DHS-ICE: A bowl full of rotten apples
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
... On April 29, 1998, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported, Lawsuit puts Customs ... says he lost a promised promotion and suffered other retaliation after reporting ...

Univ. of Phoenix facing EEOC suit
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... ultimately fired two years ago. The EEOC lawsuit also says he was terminated in retaliation for complaining about discrimination. ...

Fire Captain Accuses LAFD Of Sexual Discrimination
CBS 2 - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... "I know this action was in direct retaliation to my speaking in front of the Fire Commission and ... If not, she has threatened to file a class-action lawsuit. ...

Firm faces sex harassment suit
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the Moreland Automotive Group, alleging sexual harassment, a hostile work environment and retaliation against female ...

Commentary - Markus Connections May Be Blocking Ohio Free Speech ...
North Country Gazette - Chestertown,NY,USA
... which Elsebeth Baumgartner has been charged---intimidation and retaliation for having ... also criminally charged because she filed a federal lawsuit against him ...

Lawsuit adds claim workers got shorted
The Bay City Times - Bay City,MI,USA
... County resident Denise Hughes added a new count in her lawsuit against the ... court for two years, claiming her termination was done in retaliation for speaking ...

LAFD veteran files lawsuit
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... and allowing retaliation of employees who speak out. The claim, which does not seek monetary damages, is the first step toward filing a class-action lawsuit on ...

Judge dismisses chunks of AMD's Intel lawsuit
Out-Law.com - London,England,UK
... did not buy AMD technology. It says that PC makers were threatened with retaliation if they supported AMD. Intel used to have a ...

Architect firm takes lawsuit against Hightower, Shreveport to ...
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
... also accuses Hightower and the city of withholding interest as a form of retaliation because they had been successfully sued and another lawsuit is pending in ...

Responding to threats
Milwaukee Small Business Times - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... career, someone will threaten to walk away, file a lawsuit or replace ... appetite becomes active when verbally challenged and produces a craving for retaliation. ...

Our US National Security is at Peril
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
... to my status as a plaintiff in my class action lawsuit of discrimination ... corruption and misconduct at your workplace, expect discriminative retaliation and don ...

13 accuse job agency of racism
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... into other non-white groups, combined with continuous intentional retaliation toward any ... in part because officials feared they could lose the lawsuit and Iowa ...

Lawsuit filed against Threemile farm in firing
Capital Press (subscription) - Salem,Oregon,USA
... Gerardo Sanguino have filed a lawsuit against Threemile Canyon Farms alleging wrongful firing. The suit claims Sanguino was fired in retaliation for refusing ...

Local NAACP head: Dismissal of Wilkes administrator was in ...
The Citizen's Voice - PA,USA
... However, we feel it is a retaliation for the lawsuit against the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, Felton said, referencing a federal suit filed by ...

Female officer's lawsuit settled
Baltimore Sun - United States
... is married to another officer, alleged that she encountered indifference and retaliation from supervisors ... Ensko's lawsuit was similar to one filed by retired Cpl ...

Aldermen turn down settlement of lawsuit
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... rejected the city-negotiated settlement of a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by ... and that the city's failure to promote him was in retaliation for his ...

EEOC lawsuit claims prison staff harassed
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... were sexually harassed and then given dangerous assignments as retaliation for raising objections to their treatment, according to an EEOC lawsuit filed in US ...

Landowner sues Helotes officials, critics of Wal-Mart
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... of the Freedom of Information Foundation in Dallas, said the lawsuit appeared to ... can tell, it is a fishing expedition for him to find grounds for retaliation. ...

DHS-ICE: Who Investigates Who?
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
... origin and because I have filed complaints of discrimination and retaliation against Customs. ... Systems (TECS) daily

News regarding my EEO class action lawsuit. ...

Flint mayor, police union to take struggle to court
ABC12.com - Flint,MI,USA
... the mayor said the plan was not in retaliation and had been in the works for weeks before the vote was taken. Tuesday the union filed a lawsuit seeking to keep ...

Civil Rights Act cited in federal suit's new claim
Gateway Newspapers - USA
... The lawsuit alleges the township fired Hearn "in retaliation for his having applied for worker's compensation benefits and disability retirement benefits" and ...

Tangipahoa board settles prayer lawsuit
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
... SLU officials have denied retaliation against Thompson, claiming she deserved the failing ... appeals before the settlement and dismissal of the lawsuit are final. ...

Sheriff gets served; former employees say they were wrongfully ...
WATE.com - Knoxville,TN,USA
... A total of 13 former employees are named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. They're claiming retaliation by the current sheriff, all because they supported his ...

SPD chief ‘not going anywhere’
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... Also pending is a racial discrimination lawsuit filed in January 2003 ... suit, which alleges a series of acts of racial discrimination and retaliation against them ...

EEOC sues AutoZone
Mobile Register - Mobile,AL,USA
The lawsuit alleges that AutoZone violated federal anti-discrimination laws when it ... "Retaliation is increasing in the 21st century workplace, and we urge ...

Woman says county staff harassed her
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
... s Department (where she resigned in April) and for unlimited monetary damages, according to the lawsuit. The suit also alleges retaliation by employees and ...

Now it's the troopers suing the state police
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... his complaint, Gacina has faced harassment by supervisors and "retaliation because he ... Glenn Teryek, 45, says in his lawsuit, which alleges discrimination and a ...
State pays $30K in Wright complaint
Bennington Banner - Bennington,VT,USA
... was fired by Bennington County State's Attorney William D. Wright in retaliation for her ... on a "cost-benefit" analysis of how much an ongoing lawsuit could cost ...

State police pay $150,000 to settle retaliation claim
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... his fellow plaintiffs, Foraker had an additional claim of retaliation against the ... retaliated against him for a successful 2002 civil rights lawsuit in federal ...

Judge: Angello failed to back up allegations
Saipan Tribune - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia
... directly against Angello or his program in the college in retaliation for his ... said Wiseman in a written order favoring NMC in Angello's lawsuit against the ...

Georgian carriers to sue Russia for damages over air link cuts
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
... a transportation and postal blockade on Georgia October 3, apparently in retaliation for the ... secure ICAO support, the two airlines will lodge a lawsuit with a ...

Court win by tenants still leaves a bad taste
Modesto Bee - Modesto,CA,USA
... home park near Geer and Jantzen roads are party to the lawsuit filed three ... she voted for the settlement under duress, because she feared retaliation from her ...

Hasara remark has city on toes
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... Hasara has "no personal knowledge whether any of the allegations in the lawsuit regarding discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment and pattern and ...

Sheriff's employees consider litigation
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... by disciplining them with no cause in what appears to be retaliation for their ... the county's actions and decide by late October whether a lawsuit is justified. ...

Police lawsuit plaintiffs claim sheriff's deputy threatened them
The Athens News - Athens,OH,USA
... McNamara and Pettey contend that Sedwick's alleged behavior was clearly in retaliation for the lawsuit because the officer allegedly "mentioned this lawsuit ...

Former Operative Suing CIA Over Book
Free Internet Press - New York,NY,USA
... Berntsen's lawsuit, filed earlier this year in the US District Court for the District of ... Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror" - in retaliation for the ...

Lawsuit Alleges Retaliation Against Dallas County Deputy
KCCI.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... The lawsuit alleges that Fairferlick's retaliation came in the form of missed educational opportunities at work, a new work schedule and no chance for promotion ...

DHS-ICE: The Use of Double Standards to Administer Discipline
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
... Discriminative Whistleblower Retaliation is not isolated to DHS-ICE ... During the Carlson's civil rights lawsuit trial, Lotocky was found to have committed perjury ...

Ex-retirement chief sues Spokane, says West wrongly fired him
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... three times or more," said William J. Powell, who filed Daniels' wrongful discharge and retaliation lawsuit in Spokane County Superior Court last Wednesday. ...

It's Capitol vs. capital as governor, coal baron go toe-to-toe
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
... a federal lawsuit against the governor alleging he violated free speech rights by threatening to enforce state laws against Blankenship in retaliation for his ...

Retaliation lawsuit dismissed - The Stanford Daily Online
Last Friday, a Santa Clara County Supreme Court Judge terminated the last part of a lawsuit against Stanford when he dismissed a retaliation claim filed by ...

Davis complaints hinged on settlement
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... shift to working second shift in the field patrol division as retaliation for one ... Davis is a plaintiff in another, earlier lawsuit filed by six black current ...

EEOC alleges Home Depot retaliated against prior settlement ...
CCH - USA
... "Generally, the settlement of a lawsuit allows individuals to ... It is especially disappointing that the prior suit alleged retaliation since it appears that Home ...

SF village planner's job cut
Finger Lakes Times - Geneva,NY,USA
... "Anyone with half a brain can speculate that this is retaliation for the lawsuit that Gail Caraccilo (Fran's wife) has with the village.". ...

$1.5M harassment suit: Town firm settles
Darien Times - Darien,CT,USA
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of New York announced a $1.5 million settlement in a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against David Lerner ...

VILLAGE OF CUBA, NEW MEXICO, SETTLES SEX DISCRIMINATION AND ...
'VILLAGE OF CUBA, NEW MEXICO, SETTLES SEX DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT WITH JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND PRIVATE PLAINTIFFS' from US Department of ...
The Chronicle: Daily News: 08/23/2006 -- 01
Title IX Retaliation Lawsuit Against Lafayette College May Proceed, Appeals Court Rules. By SARA LIPKA. advertisement. Article tools ...

Judge denies motion
North Platte Telegraph - North Platte,NE,USA
... the court if he or she has done something unethical in relation to the lawsuit. ... Beyer claims he was fired from his job in retaliation for pursuing his rights ...

Fired sergeant plans to sue Ridgefield
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... Mealing's lawsuit is scheduled to be heard next year ... After that, Ostrander was "subjected to retaliation" in order to seize his anticipated reports and "thwart ...

Jamsostek chief stands by decision to demote staff
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
He denied that the demotions had been made in retaliation for a motion of no ... at the labor court, while the other senior staff have filed a lawsuit with the ...

Deputies file federal lawsuit against Sheriff’sOffice
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
... Yellowstone County sheriff’sdeputies have filed a federal lawsuit against Sheriff Chuck Maxwell and others alleging racial discrimination and retaliation. ...

Former controller of Marin garbage hauler files discrimination ...
KESQ - Palm Desert,CA,USA
... They say Mullins' lawsuit might be in retaliation for a lawsuit the company filed against him attempting to recover 125-thousand dollars he borrowed to buy a ...

Washington state News briefs
kgw.com (subscription) - Portland,OR,USA
... Sims said he was placed on two months' probation in February in retaliation for e ... In a statement, Lakeside said it could not comment on the lawsuit, but "in ...

Woman's perjury charge called retaliatory
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Toronto police have charged a prominent black community leader with perjury, a move her lawyers say is in retaliation for launching a lawsuit against the ...

Former detention center worker sues county
Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces,NM,USA
... in an insurance controversy last year has filed a federal lawsuit against the ... Chavez alleged the firing was retaliation for workplace safety complaints he made ...

Lawsuit Claims Architect of the Capitol Retaliated Against ...
Corporate Crime Reporter - Washington,D.C.,USA
The lawsuit alleges that the workers were subjected to repeated retaliation and a hostile work environment after they wrote about their working conditions and ...

Wilkes University administrator says she was ‘treated unfairly ...
Citizens Voice - Wilkes-Barre,PA,USA
... the Wilkes-Barre chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, called it “an act of retaliation” for the lawsuit, a suggestion ...

Part-time officer sues Corunna
Flint Journal - Flint,MI,USA
... Panos had described the move as retaliation, but Sawyer previously said it was the City ... put back to work as a result of community pressure, the lawsuit states.

News briefs from Southern California
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... Three policemen who blew the whistle on fellow port officers who dived for lobsters while on duty filed a lawsuit alleging retaliation for exposing the so ...

Religion News in Brief
Forbes - NY,USA
... work but she was made a part-time employee and lost insurance benefits, according to the lawsuit. The EEOC determined discrimination and retaliation did occur. ...

SALINAS WORKER HARASSMENT CASE ENDS IN SETTLEMENT
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Federal authorities in San Francisco announced today the settlement of a lawsuit stemming from an accusation of molestation and retaliation reported by a ...

Bethlehem official pleads innocent
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
... she also charges that the action "emanates from bad faith, retaliation and malice ... held by the road agent for certain town employees," according to the lawsuit. ...

Municipal lawsuit largely dismissed
Montclair Times - Montclair,NJ,USA
A lawsuit a former municipal employee filed against the township, Township Manager ... The one count that he could not dismiss — an alleged retaliation for union ...

Parents demand answers from OMS
Monitor - McAllen,TX,USA
... Wednesday for reasons unrelated to the food poisoning case or the lawsuit she said ... a parent who asked her maiden name be used for fear of retaliation, said she ...
'Lobstergate' shakes LBPD
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
... an internal investigation in early 2004, said Principal Deputy City Attorney Belinda Mayes, who is now representing the city against the retaliation lawsuit. ...

Investigator finds evidence deputies were retaliated against for ...
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
... adopt a policy that specifically prohibits any kind of retaliation against employees ... agency report follows the recent filing of a federal lawsuit against the ...

Recall effort under way in Bingham Township
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City,MI,USA
... in a pending civil lawsuit filed by former Bingham Township clerk Dorothy Petroskey, who resigned in August. The suit alleges a pattern of retaliation and ...

In Brief
Washington Post - United States
... but she was made a part-time employee and lost insurance benefits, according to the lawsuit. The EEOC determined that discrimination and retaliation occurred. ...

Portland deflects Harris questions
Penn State Digital Collegian - University Park,PA,USA
... The lawsuit filed against Portland, Athletic Director Tim Curley and Penn State is ... she "was the victim of discrimination, harassment and retaliation on the ...

Guard's claims in lawsuit rejected
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside,CA,USA
... Landa claimed that he was stabbed outside his Blythe home in 2000 as a retaliation for reporting the beating. He made the claims in his lawsuit against the ...

FBI: Many colleges understate campus crime
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... In a lawsuit filed against the school in a state court, three WVU police officers said they faced retaliation from supervisors after they alleged that incident ...

El Paso County Commissioners Vote To Fire Health Director
KFOXtv.com - El Paso,TX,USA
... Haggerty said that didn't slide well with the majority of commissioners. Magana and his lawyer will file a lawsuit for First Amendment retaliation.

Cop: Cook spit in my food
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
... ''I was furious.''. The lawsuit seeks $82,500. ... Disher was charged with adulteration of food and retaliation for past actions, both felonies. ...

Deborah J. La Fetra: Caution: Lawsuit abuse is hazardous to your ...
Examiner.com - USA
... National Practitioner Databank and would protect employees who report activities that violate standards of care from employment discrimination and retaliation. ...

Caprer, appellants v. Nussbaum, respondents
New York Law Journal - New York,NY,USA
... requires an interest in the claim at issue in the lawsuit that the ... with regard to the condominium's financial circumstances, allegedly in retaliation for her ...

Lawsuit linked to rebuilding Iraq no longer targets Mobile-area ...
Mobile Register - Mobile,AL,USA
... Battles as a subcontractor for its Iraq work, said he is glad the lawsuit is over and repeated his contention that Custer Battles sued as retaliation over his ...

Newspaper chain settles federal lawsuit alleging discrimination
The Athens News - Athens,OH,USA
... In an answer to the lawsuit, Brown Publishing claimed among other points ... records of any employee complaints of race discrimination or retaliation, and make ...

State trooper sues agency in harassment
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... claims a fellow trooper attempted to rape her and then she endured retaliation and abuse for reporting the attack, has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the ...

Sanchez says it's retaliation: Frenchman sues vice guv over ...
Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines
... Sanchez explained the actuation of Zani was understandable, saying it stemmed from a lawsuit he earlier filed against the latter for rescission of contract. ...

Vons must pay $18 million for harassment
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... James Stevens, now 48, filed a lawsuit in 2004 alleging that a supervisor, Laura ... Calderon said Vons trains its staff to prevent harassment and retaliation. ...

Woman claims CIETC firing was improper
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... job, according to the lawsuit. Documents accuse the agency of violating the federal Family and Medical Leave Act and firing Spracher "in retaliation for the ...


News-Press Files Case Against SB Independent
Daily Nexus - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
... Meanwhile, the Newspaper unveiled a potential lawsuit against the Independent yesterday, claiming ... Todd, however, claims he was suspended in retaliation for an e ...
Coachella Mayor Pro-tem Juan De Lara named in lawsuit
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
A lawsuit filed Thursday against Coachella Mayor-pro tem Juan De Lara and two ... He also thinks it is in retaliation for the football association suspending the ...

West Cape May clerk alleges harassment, may sue the borough
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USA
... notice, an action that has to be taken six months before a lawsuit can be initiated against the borough. “I filed a tort claim for retaliation and workplace ...

Fired US air marshal sues government
United Press International - USA
Robert MacLean told The Washington Times the lawsuit was in response to what he called "vindictive retaliation" by the US Department of Homeland Security that ...

Bias trial tests woman's character
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
... But Broyles said Peters did not want to join the lawsuit because "she was afraid of retaliation.". Peters is expected to testify next week for the defense. ...

Judge grants ex-school custodian's request
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
... Barfield Elementary custodian, filed an amended lawsuit on Oct. 16 in federal court. The amended suit alleges First Amendment retaliation against Betancourt ...

The Indy Endorsements
Missoula Independent - Missoula,MT,USA
... three main reasons: the feds might pull some funding in retaliation; marijuana is ... The Newspaper has filed a lawsuit against Bi-Lo Foods, the grocery store ...

Sparks attorney's admission raises new concerns
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno,NV,USA
... an elected official, oppose his decision to settle the $100 million lawsuit over the ... manager claimed the affair had led to favoritism and retaliation in the ...

Blackwater adds Starr power to its legal team
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... added a new lawyer to its legal team in a landmark lawsuit: Kenneth W ... US forces crushed the city of 300,000 in retaliation, inflaming the Iraqi insurgency to ...

Official: Agency used controversial test until 2002
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... Clark sued the state for discrimination and retaliation. Last year, the state settled the lawsuit, paying her and her lawyers about $250,000. ...

EEOC settles sexual harassment, reprisal suit against federal ...
CCH - USA
... providing janitorial services at the Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado, will pay $190,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by ...

Judge backs ouster of Council on Aging from senior-care role
Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville,AR,USA
... There would have to be a lawsuit. ”. ... ” She accused the agency of awarding the contract to the Economic Development District in retaliation for the COAs ...

Second 'Reiki' trial starts today
Baytown Sun - Baytown,TX,USA
... At about the same time that Foster filed her lawsuit, William McCracken, who worked ... also a devout Christian, claimed he was fired in retaliation for standing ...

NEST+m PTA Claims Harassment After Audit Launched
New York Sun - New York,NY,USA
... "It's completely ridiculous that it would be retaliation," she said. ... The PTA filed a lawsuit last year to keep the charter school out, but the suit was dropped ...

In a New Twist, Parents Rise To Challenge Tweed
New York Sun - New York,NY,USA
... Parents now charge that the chancellor is getting even."We won our lawsuit," they asserted in a statement, "and in retaliation the DOE is dismantling NEST+m ...

Lincoln County faces lawsuit
Wisconsin Radio Network - Madison,WI,USA
Lincoln County is facing a second federal lawsuit in connection to the way ... complaint, Haka says his termination from the county was retaliation for reporting ...

Eden Park Nursing Home Pays $250,000 In Sex Harassment Claim
North Country Gazette - Chestertown,NY,USA
... The lawsuit had been filed in US District Court in Albany in September 2005 by ... the nursing home to revise its anti-harassment and anti-retaliation policies and ...

$85,000 could halt racial suit
HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA
... This isn't the first racial harassment lawsuit to beset Everett's public ... nothing to halt a Hispanic supervisor's racial harassment and retaliation against the ...

Lincoln County named in whistleblower lawsuit
WBAY - Green Bay,WI,USA
... support administrator filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit against the county. David Haka (HAY-ka) claims he was fired last year as retaliation for reporting ...

The Source sexual harassment trial vindicates Kim Osorio to the ...
Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
... chief from 2002 to 2005, won $15.5 million in a workplace lawsuit against the ... complaints, but found that Osorio was indeed fired in retaliation for complaining ...

Missouri St. sued by student who refused to support gay adoptions
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... Emily Brooker's federal lawsuit, filed on her behalf Monday by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group, claims the retaliation against her Christian ...

Rost v. Pfizer | Pfizer Whistleblower Retaliation Lawsuit | New ...
The law office of Green, Savits & Lenzo filed a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit on behalf of Peter Rost, a former Pfizer Vice President against Pfizer and ...

Ex-chief denies retaliation claim
Online Athens (subscription) - Athens,GA,USA
... according to the lawsuit, the two officers did not reveal what they told state agents and were soon demoted - an action New claims was in retaliation for his ...

'Girls Gone Wild' attorneys want charges in Bay County dropped
WEAR - Pensacola,FL,USA
Defense attorneys say the Bay County Sheriff's Office targeted "Girls Gone Wild" in retaliation for a federal lawsuit Francis filed against local officials ...

Federal jury increases damages awarded to former Cleveland ...
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
... to a former Cleveland firefighter in a racial discrimination and retaliation suit against ... retired early to escape racism on the job, according to his lawsuit. ...

Suit by Ex-Kilpatrick bodyguard reinstated
Detroit Free Press - United States
... Court of Appeals today reinstated a lawsuit filed by a former bodyguard to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, which included allegations of retaliation and other ...

Lawsuit to save river needs help from Martin
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
... Rivers Coalition may be trying to spare the community any retaliation by the ... commission talked of suing the district, claiming that such a lawsuit could stall ...

Immigrant Hotel Workers Say they Face Retaliation for Organizing
Pacifica Radio - USA
... On Monday night, the Jenningscamp filed a lawsuit to protect the county's election material fromtampering or destruction. Mitch Perry, FSRN, Tampa.

Schools testimony up for ruling today
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... Veggian, a Brimm employee who has filed a federal whistle-blower lawsuit against the school district, alleging she has been the victim of retaliation since she ...

Judge refuses state employee's complaint against powerbroker
WQAD - Moline,IL,USA
... Gnutek is an Illinois Gaming Board employee whose lawsuit in June claimed retaliation for complaining about gender discrimination. ...

Mt. Arlington developer suing mayor, borough
Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany,NJ,USA
... claiming he was thrown off the land use board in June as retaliation for running ... Cerasoli said she believes that Levitt filed the lawsuit in hopes it might be ...

Corruption and Mismanagement at the US Immigration and
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
... with a prize: a pay-back from Customs in the way of retaliation and harassment. ... Congress to pass a bill where any ICE employee slapped with a lawsuit and named ...

Petition drive progresses
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City,MI,USA
... The recall effort came on the heels of a pending civil lawsuit that alleges ... It alleges a pattern of retaliation and harassment led by Foster beginning in late ...

School named for Lucinda Todd, key player in Brown case
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... Also, Campbell said, the plaintiffs and their families faced economic retaliation. ... She also recalled that black families were worried about the lawsuit. ...

Tyson Foods to pay $871,000 collectively to 13 plaintiffs
MarketWatch - USA
... to 13 African-American plaintiffs to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit. ... to ensure the prevention of discrimination, harassment and retaliation in the ...

Dog food nets LA fireman $2.7m
News24 - South Africa
... the lawsuit said. After taking a second bite, he demanded to know what was in the food, but no one would speak up. Pierce said he suffered retaliation for ...

Three former employees sue UW
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... Court, seeking damages for alleged age and sex discrimination, retaliation and wrongful ... country coach James Sanchez filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal ...

Ex-worker sues education office
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside,CA,USA
... Barker "was compelled to resign because of a severe, pervasive and intolerable work environment resulting from constant retaliation," the lawsuit says.

Cheney, Libby request dismissal of Plame lawsuit in CIA leak case
JURIST - USA
... revealed her identity as an undercover CIA operative in retaliation for the ... motion to dismiss, Cheney also argued that Plame's lawsuit requests impermissible ...

Student Sues Missouri State University Over Gay Adoption
Today's THV - Little Rock,AR,USA
Springfield, MO -- Missouri State University is settling a lawsuit filed by a ... court settlement with Emily Brooker, who claimed that the retaliation against her ...

Former PVTA lawyer files lawsuit over firing
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
... a target for retaliation, the suit states. In January, anonymous letters about Walkowski were sent to the PVTA's board of directors; the lawsuit states that ...

Former SF clerk gets deadline extension in lawsuit
Finger Lakes Times - Geneva,NY,USA
SENECA FALLS - Gail Caraccilo, who has a $2 million lawsuit pending against the ... not to reappoint her as deputy village clerk was in retaliation for exercising ...

County faces lawsuit
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
... The six-count lawsuit alleges gender discrimination, retaliation, battery, false imprisonment and emotional distress. It names Bear ...

Shipyard guard's appeal denied in discrimination case
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
... the Human Rights Commission authorized LePage to sue, he filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination based on a perceived mental disability, retaliation by his ...

Trial set for Rockwell Collins discrimination lawsuit
WQAD - Moline,IL,USA
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa A discrimination lawsuit against Rockwell Collins is scheduled ... Human Rights Commission, claiming the discipline was in retaliation for past ...
WilCo 'Snit' Writ Large
Austin Chronicle - Austin,TX,USA
... county's motion for summary judgment to dismiss Griffin's lawsuit outright, without ... precedent, allowing budgets to be used in

School Board spent $100,900 on prayer fight
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
... SLU and school officials settled Thompson’s lawsuit in early October. SLU officials vigorously disputed the retaliation claim. ...

Court Rulings, Regulatory Actions Fuel Labor Battles
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Garren, who is defending Unite Here in another employer-retaliation lawsuit in Pennsylvania, believes that companies are using litigation to "spend the union ...

Four shut out of police bias suit
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... Davis - who filed a separate, pending lawsuit in 2004 alleging he was discriminated against - and Joy charge the retaliation and unfair treatment was because ...

Dewey Beach officer files lawsuit against the town
Delaware Coast Press - Rehoboth Beach,DE,USA
... and a promotion to a higher rank was denied in retaliation for reporting ... In his lawsuit, Campbell alleges that he has been subject to harsher discipline than ...

Jennings takes legal action amid recount
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
... But Liggio said it doesn't mean Jennings is certain to file a lawsuit to challenge the election results later if the ... "This is not about retaliation for our ...

Judge orders state prisons to clean up act
Detroit Free Press - United States
... of three lawyers who represented prisoners in the long-running lawsuit against the ... health care system won't speak freely to investigators, fearing retaliation. ...

Southern View officer alleges retaliation
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... "This is all retaliation to get me out of here because of my complaints," Gool ... Gool has retained an attorney but wouldn't say if he intends to file a lawsuit. ...

Erin Aubry Kaplan: A whistle-blower's determined tune
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... He filed a federal lawsuit against the county last month, alleging racial ... county money and to the likelihood that Porch has suffered some retaliation. ...

Tyson Foods Resolves Race Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
The decree resolves two race discrimination and retaliation lawsuits against the poultry giant under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act: one filed by the ...

Former OU prof may file countersuit in sexual-harassment case
The Athens News - Athens,OH,USA
... In court filings responding to the new lawsuit, Nighswander has suggested he ... computer data theft, abuse of position intimidation and retaliation, defamation of ...

Fired worker accuses boss of violating law
The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA
... eventually gave Provenzale the options of getting fired or tendering her resignation in a continuation of the alleged retaliation, according to the lawsuit. ...

State employee alleges Cellini had hiring power at two agencies
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... controls all of the important regulatory positions at the Gaming Board,” the lawsuit claims. The allegations, which also include retaliation against Gnutek ...

3rd Circuit Applies 'Burlington Northern' Retaliation Standard
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... In the two months following William's lawsuit, he was sick checked 30 times and ... granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants on their retaliation claim. ...

Arbitrator sides with county in discrimination case
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
... fired for insubordination in August 2004. He filed a lawsuit against the county last year, alleging discrimination and retaliation. ...

Business Briefcase
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... claiming the discipline was in retaliation for past complaints and discrimination based on age, sex and disability. She filed a lawsuit against Rockwell ...

Portage Portage Township Trustee Jent jettisons two paramedics ...
Gary Post Tribune - Gary,IN,USA
... He said he suspects the decision was related to the lawsuit and Jent's election loss more than budget constraints alone. ... I think if it were retaliation I think ...

Female firefighter alleges harassment
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... a culture that many said fostered discrimination, harassment and retaliation, but Mathis ... on whether she wanted to risk her career with a lawsuit, Mathis sought ...

Jent fires two paramedics after election loss
Gary Post Tribune - Gary,IN,USA
... Paramedic Christine Gospodarek said the lawsuit also may have contributed to Jent’s actions. ... “I think if it were retaliation I think we all would have been ...

Worker’s ‘promotion’ nulls suit, city says
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
... Bennartz alleges in the lawsuit that working conditions at the water treatment ... file a grievance against his boss because he was threatened with retaliation.

University Settles Suit With Christian Student
KWTX - Waco,TX,USA
(November 12, 2006)--Missouri State University is settling a lawsuit filed by ... court settlement with Emily Brooker, who claimed that the retaliation against her ...

Tyson Foods Resolves Alabama Poultry Plant Lawsuit
Wisconsin Ag Connection - Marshfield,WI,USA
... workers have reached a settlement in a discrimination lawsuit involving the ... steps to ensure the prevention of discrimination, harassment and retaliation in the ...

Fired health employee sues, says she raised billing concerns
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... Mankin filed her lawsuit in Cole County Circuit Court in late August, alleging the firing was in retaliation for her reporting on misuse of money in the ...

UCSC sociologist helped in $2.7 million settlement over dog food ' ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
... Pierce said he suffered retaliation for reporting the incident as well as verbal slurs ... barking like dogs and asking him how dog food tasted," the lawsuit said. ...

Male Employee Wins Sexual Harassment Case Against Vons Stores
Asianjournal.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... The award included $1.6 million for loss or earnings and emotional distress and $16.7 million in punitive damages for retaliation. In the lawsuit filed in 2004 ...

Dismissed firefighter files sexual harassment lawsuit against ...
Hudson Reporter - Hoboken,NJ,USA
... to the North Bergen Reporter last week and met with the Reporter to discuss the lawsuit. ... From that point on, I was alienated and the subject of retaliation.".

More Legal Trouble For Lesbian Fire Chief
365Gay.com - USA
... The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Minneapolis after a complaint with ... process for battalion chief as part of the chief's retaliation against Cornell ...

We are all in this Together
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Randy says the officers handcuffed him and gave him a citation. He thinks this harassment was retaliation for his participation in the lawsuit. ...

Woodfin Hotel Workers Rally to Save Jobs
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
... are immigrant women of color who say the threat is retaliation to their ... Suites hotel is retaliating against them, after they filed a lawsuit against the hotel ...

Indian River engineering inspector claims firing was in ...
TCPalm - Jupiter,FL,USA
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A former senior engineering inspector for Indian River County claims in a lawsuit she was fired as retaliation for blowing the whistle ...

Gaming Board employee: Powerbroker hired and fired for governor
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
... Gnutek was passed over for a 2005 Gaming Board promotion in retaliation for a gender-discrimination complaint Gnutek filed a year earlier, the lawsuit claims. ...

Girls Gone Wild Producer Seeks to Have Charges Dropped
EmeraldCoast.com - Destin,FL,USA
... producer of the “Girls Gone Wild” videos, claims Bay County Sheriff’s Office targeted his client in retaliation for a federal lawsuit Francis filed ...

Flint police union drops lawsuit against mayor
WLNS - Lansing,MI,USA
... In return, the police union is dropping its lawsuit against the mayor ... union sued to block Williamson's plan the next day, claiming it was in retaliation for the ...

Attorney fields questions about lawsuit against Eli Lilly
Terre Haute Tribune Star - Terre Haute,IN,USA
... Although the company has a history of retaliation, said Washington DC attorney Joshua Rose, the opposite has happened since the lawsuit was filed. ...

Dewey cop alleges retaliation, files lawsuit against town
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... Dewey Beach Mayor Dell Tush said she was unaware of the lawsuit. ... He claims, in court papers, that in retaliation, his use of a police vehicle was revoked. ...

delawareonline The News Journal ¦ Dewey cop alleges retaliation ...
Dewey cop alleges retaliation, files lawsuit against town. Erik L. Campbell seeks lost wages and benefits, damages, and restoration of rank ...

Three Former Employees Hit LifeGift With Lawsuit Alleging ...
In their lawsuit, the three former tissue recovery coordinators said They were ... Three Former Employees Hit LifeGift With Lawsuit Alleging Retaliation ...

Tyson Foods Agrees to Resolve Race Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit
TYSON FOODS AGREES TO RESOLVE RACE HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT. Settlement by EEOC and Private Plaintiffs Mandates Systemic Changes. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...

Civil-rights groups hit mayor's veto of payout
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... a $2.7 million payout to settle a racial-discrimination lawsuit filed by a ... possible message to the victims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation in the ...

Mayor Wants City To Reconsider Hazing Settlement
NBC4.TV - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... settlement for Pierce, who filed a discrimination and harassment lawsuit after a ... retirement benefits to Pierce, who said he suffered retaliation for reporting ...

Former Fletcher police chief portrayed as tyrant
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... their complaints were ignored by town officials and led to retaliation by their ... and Jeff Medley, who says he has prepared a wrongful-dismissal lawsuit, say the ...

Shut Up and Drive
TheStranger.com - Seattle,WA,USA
... "Ever since he started raising these issues, he's faced retaliation for exercising ... Metro for 26 years and is currently considering filing a lawsuit against the ...

School librarian sued district charging wrongful firing
Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh,NY,USA
... As a result of those charges, Sussman filed a federal retaliation lawsuit against the district on November 7, 2006. “She is highly ...

Wilson says he won't run for re-election in '08
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
... Wilson said it's a move to keep him from serving as mayor in retaliation for the civil rights lawsuit, which was later dismissed by a federal court judge, and ...

Suit over ticket costing a bundle
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... to do it," said Iannarelli, who argued that the ticket was retaliation for cursing ... of that trial will likely affect the civil rights lawsuit, township lawyer ...

Judge says men are protected under law
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
... Gary Fenner ruled Tuesday that at this stage in the civil lawsuit, Cochran and Morris' actions describe activity protected by the anti-retaliation provision of ...

Pearsall's former top cop files suit
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
... former police chief alleged his termination was in retaliation for arresting ... its resources and effectiveness under plaintiff's leadership," the lawsuit states.

Commission delays Madison Co. ME, coroner vote
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
... Health Department nurses said in September that they were fired in retaliation for speaking ... of the two nurses who were fired and filed a lawsuit against the ...

CSC: Prosecutor to get job back at AG's office
Pacific Daily News - Hagåtña,GU,USA
... His appeal stated the termination was excessive, and was in retaliation for Haeuser's lawsuit against the attorney general's office. ...

Thurston prosecutor's office hit with $1.5 million bias award
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... prosecutors $1.52 million for emotional distress in a gender discrimination lawsuit. ... DanPullo, and Audrey J. Broyles were subjected to retaliation after they ...

Prison no obstacle for cunning ID thief
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
... Correctional Facility near Lucasville on numerous charges, including theft, retaliation and phone ... took blank, pre-signed subpoena forms from a lawsuit he filed ...

Mt. Lebanon board delays vote on opening post
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... "This resolution is clearly nothing more than the latest act of retaliation for seeking ... Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick threw out a lawsuit Dr. Pulkowski ...

Tyson Foods Agrees to Resolve Race Harassment and Retaliation ...
Tyson Foods Agrees to Resolve Race Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today ...

Putnam health nurse charges retaliation for whistle-blowing
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... perform her duties," the lawsuit states. Burhans denies that she has any psychiatric problems. She said her involuntary leave was a form of retaliation for her ...

Local attorney preps for huge case
San Mateo County Times - San Mateo,CA,USA
... Bush administrationofficials of Plame's identity as a CIA agent in retaliation for her ... It contained motions to dismiss the lawsuit based on executive privilege ...

Firefighter Gets $350K In Discrimination Lawsuit
CBS 2 - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... other things, Chick's audit found that unequal punishment was meted out for similar offenses, giving the appearance of discrimination or retaliation within the ...

Cheers, jeers for day-laborer decision
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... who asked that his full name not be used for fear of retaliation, and who was ... The lawsuit, filed in May on behalf of six anonymous day laborers, charged the ...

Kimball now on board
Hampton Union - Exeter,NH,USA
... "I think it was retaliation against me, because I was outspoken. ... "I'm going to hire an attorney, bring that into the lawsuit, too," Knowles said. ...

DHS-ICE: Corruption and Mismanagement - My Last Story
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
... The lawsuits of discrimination and retaliation I filed against Customs, especially the class action lawsuit was supported by some Hispanics and disregarded or ...

Judge dismisses part of suit against COM
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
... A US district judge has thrown out part of a lawsuit against College of ... charging civil-rights violations that included on-the-job harassment and retaliation. ...

Council OKs payout in bias lawsuit
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... one of three firefighters who in 2005 filed a lawsuit alleging that ... her locker was ransacked on two occasions, that she experienced retaliation for talking to ...

Council flip-flops on payoff
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... could lead to Firefighter Tennie Pierce's racial-discrimination lawsuit going to ... Department, which has a record of allowing hazing, harassment and retaliation. ...

Suit accuses cops of vandalizing Gary junkyard HAMMOND: Shop owner ...
nwitimes.com - Munster,IN,USA
... The lawsuit states that the shop's owner, Paul Zale, of Hebron, petitioned Lake ... officer along with assurances he would not be targeted for retaliation by the ...

Dismissal for Refusal to Be Deposed Held Termination on Merits
Metropolitan News-Enterprise - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... litigant, given that he appeared in propria persona in the lawsuit against Ross and ... a reasonable trier of fact to infer Kish sued Ross in retaliation for Ross ...

Chinese Court Upholds 4-Year, 3-Month Prison Term for Human Rights ...
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
... Post reports (Fan, Washington Post , 12/1). For his lawsuit, Chen recorded ... decision before the trial." He added, "This amounts to malevolent retaliation by the ...

Ex-official gets $215,000 in Carson lawsuit
Daily Breeze - Torrance,CA,USA
... termination lawsuit. Gallant, who is now the city manager of Desert Hot Springs, claimed that Carson City Manager Jerry Groomes fired her in retaliation for ...

Woman files suit against Mars Inc.
The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA
... Her complaints to human resources employees went unheeded, and she was eventually fired in 2005 in retaliation for those complaints, the lawsuit states. ...

Sued county cop reassigned
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
... "I need to find out their involvement," he said. Dominguez said his review of the lawsuit appears to accuse only Minchuk of the retaliation against Zale.

Chinese court upholds prison term for human rights advocate Chen ...
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
For his lawsuit, Chen recorded testimony from men and women in communities ... He added, "This amounts to malevolent retaliation by the local government" (Magnier ...

Ex-aide's suit says teacher harassed her
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... Castle County Vocational Technical School District has filed a federal lawsuit against the district charging sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation. ...

Whistleblower suit filed in NJ
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... A spokeswoman for the school, Anna Farneski, said the incidents referred to in the lawsuit "have been under ... This was not a case of retaliation," Farneski said. ...

Jury awards trooper $340,000
Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA
... Middle District Court lawsuit that his transfer from the Gibson substation in Susquehanna County to Honesdale in February 2003 was in retaliation for speaking ...

Chinese who exposed abuse gets rare retrial
International Herald Tribune - France
... But in 2005 he sought to organize a class-action lawsuit on behalf of people ... for seven years for tax evasion, in what one critic said was retaliation for his ...

Endicott loses trial on harassment lawsuit
Adrian Daily Telegram - Adrian,MI,USA
... The trial on a sexual harassment lawsuit and cross complaint by Endicott ended ... suffered as a result of past conduct and anxiety over potential retaliation. ...

Bay Area attorney prepares to take on Bush group
Tri-Valley Herald - Pleasanton,CA,USA
... Bush administration officials of Plame's identity as a CIA agent in retaliation for her ... It contained motions to dismiss the lawsuit based on executive privilege ...

Council uneasy over rotation
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
... said he believes the current method is being challenged to keep him from serving as mayor in retaliation for filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the ...

Whistleblower sues Miss. Pharmacy Board
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
... on the basis of sex and race, and has been subjected to unlawful retaliation in the ... The lawsuit contends Woodberry, who is black, is not allowed to work in the ...

City settles a bias lawsuit
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... Pollock's lawsuit was one of several allegations involving racial slurs or ... harassment policy emphasizes zero tolerance and prohibits retaliation against those ...

Burbank priest sues 2 accusers
Chicago Tribune - United States
... The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, claims that the two defendants ... in the 1980s, leveled in May, were false and came as retaliation for slights ...

MOVIE 'COURT'US INTERRUPTUS
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
... "The lawsuit is a baseless retaliation against Polvino," said David Baum, her lawyer. He said Polvino had filed a suit in Rhode ...

Cop: Wages garnisheed in retaliation
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... time, Kern sued the department, claiming that officials denied him a promotion to sergeant in retaliation for his claims against Holland. That lawsuit and his ...

School district settles EEOC suit for $215,000
Kansas City Business Journal - MO, United States
... In a statement Friday, the school district said the lawsuit was settled by ... claimed that the district refused to renew Kinser's contract in retaliation for her ...

Oil-spill whistleblower sues ConocoPhillips for retaliation
Reliable Plant Magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
The company won't comment on the lawsuit, but James Legg said filing the complaint in US District Court in Houston was a critical step for him in an ongoing ...

Lanier's On-the-Job Training
Washington City Paper - Washington,DC,USA
... The lawsuit further alleges that Lanier sought to have Mentzer investigated for a previous incident ... That was just one more avenue of retaliation,” Mentzer says ...
FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds serves up Turkey after the holiday
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
... She was prevented from pursuing a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit filed in 2002 (based on alleged violations of her First Amendment rights) because of the ...

Final arguments made in Arnsparger lawsuit
Marquette Mining Journal - Marquette,MI,USA
... Attorneys made their final oral arguments Wednesday in a civil lawsuit filed by ... Arnsparger contends that his layoff was a retaliation by the board after three ...

Middletown School District settles in Sigler-related case
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
... Milano's civil-rights lawsuit against the district and two former officials ... After that conversation, the retaliation began, culminating when Milano's job was ...

Indio City Council
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
... Let me remind you that he filed the civil rights lawsuit because he was denied a ... This move is nothing more than a retaliation on the part of Fesmire, Gilbert ...

Lesbian Fire Chief's Fire Chief's Firing Moves Forward
365Gay.com - USA
... process for battalion chief as part of the chief's retaliation against Cornell. ... Elondo Wright claim in the lawsuit that Bleskachek harassed him, gave him poor ...

Harmony Grove Association members evicted
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
... old spiritual organization that focuses on communicating with spirits through mediums say they are being punished in retaliation for their lawsuit against the ...

Cal Twp. trustee wins big round in federal lawsuit
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
... Trustee Mary L. Elgin, who is defending herself against a lawsuit alleging political ... The 22 filed suit claiming Elgin discharged them in retaliation for their ...

Oil-spill whistle-blower sues company for retaliation
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... retaliation. He asked for a shoreside job in a refinery or a shipyard, but the company initially told him no other jobs were available, he said in his lawsuit. ...

Trials & Tribulations: Sigler-related drama is far from over
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
... year in federal court, claiming he got the ax in retaliation for trying ... a former computer network specialist who settled his whistle-blower lawsuit on Tuesday. ...

Exec says he faced retaliation at UMDNJ
Newark Star Ledger - NJ, USA
... billed other university departments for millions of dollars of communications costs that they had, in fact, never incurred, Nappe says in a lawsuit filed in ...

Heterosexual Ex-LAPD Alleges Discrimination By Gay Supervisors
NBC4.TV - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... to Perez's firing by Chief William Bratton in July 2005, according to the lawsuit. "This termination was discriminatory and was in retaliation for reporting ...

Sigler case witness claims retaliation
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
... That all spells retaliation, Milano's lawyer told a federal jury in White Plains yesterday, during the start of Milano's civil-rights lawsuit against the ...

Justice for Woodfin Hotel Workers
By jackydunkle2085(jackydunkle2085)
In apparent retaliation, Woodfin managers announced plans to fire approximately 30 employees, claiming that they have ... On October 18th, 24 Woodfin employees filed a class action lawsuit seeking back pay and a temporary restraining ...

PART THREE OF THE RECTRIX LAWSUIT, or What does it take for the ...
By capecog
Defendants Campaign Of Intimidation, Retaliation And Discrimination Against Rectrix To Prevent Rectrix From Selling Jet Fuel. 42. Rectrix attempted to demonstrate and guarantee that it would increase, not decrease, the Airports ...
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Anti-Corruption Bill Drafted
By Diane Velasco
Sanders also recommended that the state version include protection against retaliation by employers whether or not the lawsuit is successful, a provision that is also in the federal law. The employer could be the state itself or someone ...
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Virginia medical malpractice attorney
By Medical PRO
... of the family s home in Chicago in retaliation for a judicial ruling to dismiss a medical malpractice suit filed... Charleston Gazette, WV - Nov 29, 2006… filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Martin and the American Family ...

Bodyguard - Suit by Ex-Kilpatrick bodyguard reinstated
By clover
Detroit Free Press, United States - Nov 18, 2006The state Court of Appeals today reinstated a lawsuit filed by a former bodyguard to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, which included allegations of retaliation ... Source: www.freep.com ...
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The Wenatchee World Online
Utility worker claims retaliation in lawsuit: Man says he lost job after blowing whistle ... The lawsuit, a complaint of retaliation and breach of contract, ...

Civil-rights groups hit mayor's veto of payout
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... a $2.7 million payout to settle a racial-discrimination lawsuit filed by a ... possible message to the victims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation in the ...

Mayor Wants City To Reconsider Hazing Settlement
NBC4.TV - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... settlement for Pierce, who filed a discrimination and harassment lawsuit after a ... retirement benefits to Pierce, who said he suffered retaliation for reporting ...

Former Fletcher police chief portrayed as tyrant
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... their complaints were ignored by town officials and led to retaliation by their ... and Jeff Medley, who says he has prepared a wrongful-dismissal lawsuit, say the ...

Shut Up and Drive
TheStranger.com - Seattle,WA,USA
... "Ever since he started raising these issues, he's faced retaliation for exercising ... Metro for 26 years and is currently considering filing a lawsuit against the ...

School librarian sued district charging wrongful firing
Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh,NY,USA
... As a result of those charges, Sussman filed a federal retaliation lawsuit against the district on November 7, 2006. “She is highly ...

Suit over ticket costing a bundle
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... to do it," said Iannarelli, who argued that the ticket was retaliation for cursing ... of that trial will likely affect the civil rights lawsuit, township lawyer ...

Judge says men are protected under law
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
... Gary Fenner ruled Tuesday that at this stage in the civil lawsuit, Cochran and Morris' actions describe activity protected by the anti-retaliation provision of ...

Pearsall's former top cop files suit
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
... former police chief alleged his termination was in retaliation for arresting ... its resources and effectiveness under plaintiff's leadership," the lawsuit states.

Commission delays Madison Co. ME, coroner vote
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
... Health Department nurses said in September that they were fired in retaliation for speaking ... of the two nurses who were fired and filed a lawsuit against the ...

CSC: Prosecutor to get job back at AG's office
Pacific Daily News - Hagåtña,GU,USA
... His appeal stated the termination was excessive, and was in retaliation for Haeuser's lawsuit against the attorney general's office. ...

Thurston prosecutor's office hit with $1.5 million bias award
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... prosecutors $1.52 million for emotional distress in a gender discrimination lawsuit. ... DanPullo, and Audrey J. Broyles were subjected to retaliation after they ...

Prison no obstacle for cunning ID thief
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
... Correctional Facility near Lucasville on numerous charges, including theft, retaliation and phone ... took blank, pre-signed subpoena forms from a lawsuit he filed ...

Mt. Lebanon board delays vote on opening post
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... "This resolution is clearly nothing more than the latest act of retaliation for seeking ... Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick threw out a lawsuit Dr. Pulkowski ...

Tyson Foods Agrees to Resolve Race Harassment and Retaliation ...
Tyson Foods Agrees to Resolve Race Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today ...

FOIA lawsuit seeks to force DEA, DOJ to come clean on House of ...
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
... discrimination case filed by Gonzalez against the DEA for retaliation taken against ... And Weaver is convinced, according to the lawsuit, that the information is ...

Teacher sues Belen schools, claiming sexual harassment
Valencia County

News Bulletin - Belen,NM,USA
The lawsuit alleges gender discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII and the New Mexico Human Rights Act against the Belen Consolidated School ...

Wilson pushes Indio mayor solution
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
... council members are trying to change the rotation method to keep him from serving as mayor and mayor pro tem, partly in retaliation for filing the lawsuit.

Zoning ruled illegal
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC,USA
... The lawsuit claimed city Planning Director Bill Gore filed an application to ... that Gillespie spearheaded the Fassit Road zoning change in retaliation for a long ...

Deal near on county lawsuit
San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA,USA
... as much as $300 million from the county in a separate damages lawsuit. ... of the negotiations, who asked to remain unnamed because they fear retaliation from the ...
'Girls Gone Wild' attorneys want charges in Bay County dropped
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
... The Bay County Sheriff's Office targeted "Girls Gone Wild" in retaliation for a federal lawsuit Francis filed against local officials before his April 2003 ...

Fired Dolton chief sues
Chicago Tribune - United States
... for exposing corrupt police officers in the department and for opposing a lawsuit filed by ... and has said he believes his firing was in part retaliation for his ...

Guest Workers Seek Global Horizons: US Company Exploits Migrant ...
CorpWatch.org - Oakland,CA,USA
... The agreement also protects workers from retaliation by the company and from ... A lawsuit Global Horizons filed alleges that Munger Brothers illegally terminated ...

Coca-Cola sued over Turkish labor dispute
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... system was corrupt and that his clients could face retaliation from security ... complaint in 2003, has denied those allegations and the lawsuit was dismissed in ...

Report: 86-year-old ex-Nazi convicted in absentia by Italian court ...
International Herald Tribune - France
... imprisonment for involvement in the hanging of 10 Italians in retaliation for attacks ... and lawyers for civilian groups which attached a civil lawsuit to the ...

Grad Student Claims University Punished Her for Anti-Gay Adoption ...
247gay.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Press, Emily Brooker's federal lawsuit, filed on her behalf Monday by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group, claims the retaliation against her ...

Sheriff Dept. retaliating for $80M bias lawsuit?
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... Rodriguez said the moves in August were part of a pattern of retaliation against him and other Latino employees who filed an $80 million lawsuit alleging job ...

Laid Off Police Chief Offered Job Back
WLUC-TV - Negaunee,MI,USA
... Arnsparger may be getting his job back, but he says he's still pursuing a lawsuit against the ... "The reason for the layoff had to do with retaliation by Forsyth ...

Seattle police officer quits in lawsuit settlement
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
... department yesterday as part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit he filed against the city. Stuart Colman had said that he faced retaliation for criticizing ...

Spring Hill Fire sued by ex-employee
Hernando Today - Brooksville,FL,USA
... Investigator Julie Diaz determined the complaint had reasonable cause and that retaliation was the cause. ... The lawsuit was finally settled for a total of $85,000 ...

Morrison's Accuser Talks About Kline Ad
Kansas City Channel.com - Kansas City,MO,USA
... Summerlin, now 49, said she feared retaliation from Morrison. ... Summerlin filed a lawsuit claiming her due process rights were violated. ...

High court eases workers' fight to prove retaliation after lawsuit ...
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Beyond `Lobstergate'
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
... of the force - have sued the city, claiming they suffered retaliation and personal ... All three officers involved in the lawsuit said they were told by superiors ...

Suit filed for Boston teacher who opposed JROTC funding
The Bridge - Sommerville,MA,USA
... Putting him on the "do not call list" was plainly retaliation for the views ... The lawsuit, Herman v. Duarte, was filed in Federal District Court in Boston (Civil ...

Retaliation Claims Over Fayette Jail Lawsuit
WTVQ - Lexington,KY,USA
... can't complain about it under threat of some sort of retaliation," Miller said. ... a break, something the plaintiff's say didn't happen until the lawsuit was filed ...

Officers' Suit Alleges 'Lobstergate' Retaliation
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Three Long Beach policemen who blew the whistle on fellow port officers who dived for lobsters while on duty filed a lawsuit alleging retaliation for exposing ...

EEOC, Salinas broccoli packer settle harassment suit
San Jose Business Journal - CA,USA
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said late Thursday it settled a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against owners of a broccoli packing ...

Woman suing Wheeling racetrack
West Virginia Record - Charleston,WV,USA
... in a September 2004 flood of Wheeling Island and filed a lawsuit Oct ... the facility, and that her termination was motivated by age discrimination and retaliation. ...

Judge Says Jury Must Hear Age Bias Case Against Allstate
New York Times - United States
... retaliation. Negotiations between the EEOC and Allstate over the compensation of the agents broke down and the agency filed a federal discrimination lawsuit ...

A trail of trouble
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... The lawsuit charged home officials had one resident "hospitalized against her will, without medical causes," in retaliation for consulting a lawyer. ...

More information on the Gemstar lawsuit against Digeo
PVR Wire - Glasgow,UK
... It seems in retaliation to the antitrust lawsuit, Gemstar has filed its own lawsuit over patent infringement against Digeo. Gemstar ...

Capitol Hill Workers To File Suit Against Capitol Architect
NBC 4.com - Washington,DC,USA
... filing a lawsuit against the architect of the US Capitol building. Ten workers from the Capitol Power Plant Tunnel Shop filed a retaliation complaint against ...

Carroll plant faces sex harassment suit
Baltimore Sun - United States
... In filing the lawsuit, the commission hopes other females employed at the plant -- who might have also been sexually ... There is great fear of retaliation.". ...

Regents approve settlement in Del Mar harassment suit
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
... Benitez and Melody Lopez filed the lawsuit in September 2005, alleging school ... played a role in either Benitez's termination or retaliation against Lopez, who ...

Illegal Reasons For Firing Employees
Forbes - NY,USA
... that you denied a promotion because of race, whether or not the court finds that you committed race discrimination, you could lose a retaliation lawsuit. ...

McInnis lawsuit: Appeal sparks heated words
Weston Forum - Georgetown,CT,USA
... found Chief Land retaliated against him for filing an age discrimination lawsuit. ... Officer McInnis partner and testified in support of his retaliation claim. ...

The Chronicle: Daily News: 07/12/2006 -- 10
Federal agency files retaliation lawsuit on behalf of Florida professor. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a ...

Whistle-blower says state fixed his findings
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... In a whistle-blower retaliation lawsuit filed Friday in Ramsey County, Terrence K. Swanson, 51, of Babbitt, seeks damages in excess of $50,000 from the state. ...

Harbor-UCLA Managers Accused in Lawsuit of Widespread Theft
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... In response to Times questions about the lawsuit, Harbor officials provided a ... As for the allegations of discrimination and workplace retaliation, "we believe ...

UPDATE: LANDLORD'S ATTORNEY SAYS CLIENT WAS FIXING PROBLEMS
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
... reluctant to talk to the media about their homes "because they're afraid of retaliation.". ... "At this point we've just been pushed to file a lawsuit,'' she said. ...

Teacher accusing First Baptist of bias
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... The lawsuit asserts that the church asked the questions because the school was ... The EEOC determined that discrimination and retaliation did occur because of her ...

The latest China-Japan flap - cosmetics
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
... by mainland authorities is actually a matter of trade retaliation against Japan ... Beijing firm Lehman Law plans to initiate an international lawsuit, but there ...

Fired Ridgefield sergeant plans to sue city
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
... Ostrander was subjected to retaliation in order to pre-empt his anticipated reports ... he hoped Ostrander's claims could be resolved without a lawsuit, but added ...

'Reeking' havoc
Merrimack River Current - Beverly,MA,USA
... I put a lis pendens (notice of pending action) on the city yard and filed a lawsuit. (Their assertion) is a retaliation that my lawyer is looking into.". ...

Oakland Auditor Faces Stiff Challenge in Run-Off
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
... Smith said it was retaliation for his criticism of the city’s fiscal management ... Smith sued, but before the lawsuit could be heard the council restored his ...

Ex-officer makes plea deal in drug case
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
... 2001, he lost a whistle-blower's lawsuit against the city and former Chief William O'Brien that claimed Pichel was targeted for retaliation after taking on a ...

DPL staff sues Del Rosario
Saipan Tribune - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia
... Authority filed a lawsuit in federal court yesterday against Department of Public Lands Secretary John Del Rosario over medical leave and retaliation issues. ...

Town appeals McInnis verdict
Weston Forum - Georgetown,CT,USA
... finding Chief Land retaliated against him for filing an age discrimination lawsuit. ... damages and $4,200 in liquidated damages for willful retaliation by Chief ...

Motorola to face trial on gender bias claim
Chicago Tribune - United States
... maker, must defend at trial a $30 million gender-discrimination lawsuit brought by its ... Coar threw out Metty's claim that her firing was a form of retaliation. ...

Gazette Opinion: Initiative litigation proliferating
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
An eye for an eye, a lawsuit for a lawsuit. ... Regardless of any possible merits of these last-minute lawsuits, it sure looks like they are retaliation for the ...

Religious Conviction
Miami New Times - Miami,FL,USA
... On August 19, 2003, Canals filed her lawsuit in federal court, alleging, among ... he persuaded a jury unanimously that Canals was fired in retaliation for her ...

Davis settlement remains held up
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... Rickey Davis in a racial discrimination lawsuit to move out of the city council's finance ... and that the city's failure to promote him was in retaliation for his ...

'Howard Stern' harassment worth bigger bucks?
Chicago Daily Southtown - Chicago,IL,USA
... Barth claimed in the lawsuit against the village and two sergeants she was subjected to a barrage of lewd comments at work and in retaliation for her ...

Sweeney faces sexual harassment lawsuit
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
... The lawsuit contends she "was singled out . . . by Sweeney and her employer in retaliation for plaintiff's exercise of her constitutional right of free ...

Sex Discrimination Suit Filed Against MH Company
Gilroy Dispatch (subscription) - Gilroy,CA,USA
... He said his accuser is a "disgruntled" former employee seeking retaliation after being ... Trimble's attorney Rona Layton said the commission's lawsuit comes as a ...

SLU president challenges ACLU assertions
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
DENHAM SPRINGS — SLU President Randy Moffett challenged on Wednesday ACLU assertions about a student teacher whose federal retaliation lawsuit the two ...

Man sues over Cheney confrontation
Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA
... for illegal search and seizure and retaliation while exercising free speech, violations of the Fourth and First Amendments, respectively, the lawsuit says. ...

Nursing home operator settles sex discrimination lawsuit
Albany Business Review - Albany,NY,USA
... The lawsuit claimed the women and girls were subjected to a sexually hostile ... Eden Park agreed to revise its anti-harassment and anti-retaliation policies, as ...

State senator accused of sexually harassing employee
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... County spokeswoman Debra Sellitto said the claims in the lawsuit are "nothing more than sheer and utter retaliation brought by an employee who was disciplined ...

Supervisor denies retaliation
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City,MI,USA
... Bingham Township Supervisor Robert Foster denied that he retaliated against the township's former clerk, and refuted claims made in a lawsuit against him and ...

Ted's Grill facing lawsuit
The Times-Herald - Newnan,GA,USA
... the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit alleging an ... and pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, disability and retaliation.

The Chronicle: Daily News: 08/23/2006 -- 01
Title IX Retaliation Lawsuit Against Lafayette College May Proceed, Appeals Court Rules. By SARA LIPKA. advertisement. Article tools ...

Sunrise office sued in sexual harassment case
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... What constitutes retaliation just got a lot easier, looser this past summer with a ... pay, but the justices decided those actions didn't mean her lawsuit had to ...

Lawsuit filed in firing
York Dispatch - York,PA,USA
Michael D'Altilio of Camp Hill filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in ... The suit also lists counts of retaliation and conspiracy, as well as due-process ...

EEOC rules in favor of Chesapeake deputies who were fired
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... Opportunity Commission has ruled in favor of two sheriff's deputies who said they were fired in retaliation for a discrimination lawsuit that alleged a hostile ...

You've Got It Backward: Intel Is Bullying AMD
Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... a new product containing AMD CPUs or when Intel threatens them with retaliation if they ... of its recent gain came after the ruling in Japan, AMD's lawsuit in the ...

Arrest over Cheney barb triggers lawsuit
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... The lawsuit filed today alleges that Howards was arrested in retaliation for having exercised his First Amendment right of free speech, and that his arrest ...


Bacardi Blasts Back After Report On Lawsuit
The Bahama Journal - Nassau,Bahamas
... company Venice Bay Holdings against Bacardi and Company is indeed about money, according to Bacardi, which claims the lawsuit is simply retaliation for it not ...

Female guards given dangerous assignments
Pueblo Chieftain - Pueblo,CO,USA
... as retaliation for objecting to "repeated, serious" sexual harassment. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission made the allegations in a lawsuit against ...
Board suggests termination of elementary school custodian
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
... a federal judge agreed to amend Richard Betancourt's complaint to include a complaint of retaliation by school officials after filing the initial lawsuit. ...

Lawsuit: Health care workers fired after reporting deaths
Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville,AR,USA
... contract. Both women claim they were fired in retaliation for going to local and state authorities about the two suspicious deaths. ...

Nurse alleges retaliation for talking with police
Springdale Morning News - Springdale,AR,USA
... Morris is also involved in the still-open investigation, according to the lawsuit. ... She contends her firing was retaliation for cooperating with the police ...

Andre Gurode Should Sue Albert Haynesworth
AOL SPORTS - New York,New York,USA
... 9. I don't blame gurode if he does decide to file a lawsuit against him ... This wasn't even a retaliation for anything Gurode had done to him, not that it would be ...

City settles Davis bias suit
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... more - not only in number, but in diversity - acts of discrimination and acts of retaliation. ... 19, dismissed the part of Davis' lawsuit that named the city as a ...

Cracker Barrel named in harassment suit
Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces,NM,USA
... a lawsuit Friday against the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Las Cruces alleging they were sexually harassed by the manager and then fired as retaliation after ...

Othello hospital to defend Geller Hobler-Inks suing for wrongful ...
Columbia Basin Herald - Moses Lake,WA,USA
... The lawsuit notes Hobler-Inks was an active participant in a campaign to ... In retaliation for her activities, the hospital and Geller fired her, the document ...

DHS-ICE: A Cancerous Tumor That Needs to Be Removed
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
... in the class-action lawsuit. Since the filing of my class action complaint of discrimination I suffered acts of reprisal and retaliation from agency officials. ...

Wilkes chastised over firing
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
... multicultural coordinator Andita Parker-Lloyd on Sept. 15 in retaliation for a racial profiling lawsuit she filed against the city. ...

Activism isn't easy, but it's worth it
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
... efforts to close it were in retaliation for our political stands. They failed in every case. There also has been a SLAPP suit (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public ...

VILLAGE OF CUBA, NEW MEXICO, SETTLES SEX DISCRIMINATION AND ...
'VILLAGE OF CUBA, NEW MEXICO, SETTLES SEX DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT
WITH JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND PRIVATE PLAINTIFFS' from US Department of ...

Federal agency sues U. of Phoenix for alleged Mormon bias
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... addition, three non-LDS employees in Arizona were transferred and one was fired in retaliation for complaining, according to the suit. The lawsuit is seeking ...

Prof fears 'retribution'
Gauntlet - Calgary,AB,Canada
... I still have fear that if the university is embarrassed by this lawsuit, there will be retribution," he said. ... Retaliation can exist in many different ways. ...

Woman fire captain says LAFD is biased
Los Angeles Daily

News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
In a first step toward a class-action lawsuit, a veteran female ... discrimination, creates a hostile work environment and allows retaliation against firefighters ...

4 South Gate Police Officers Suing Department
CBS 2 - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... claims of racism and retaliation will have their cases heard at the same time, a judge ruled Thursday. The city of South Gate asked that the lawsuit be split ...

Del Mar faces court battle in harassment suits
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
... One, from former student Melody Lopez, accuses the college and administrators of retaliation against Lopez after she filed a racial ... "Since the lawsuit has just ...

Engine Company Under Fire
LongIslandPress.com - NY,USA
... at, publicly humiliated, called names and still fears retaliation from her colleagues—all because she is a woman, as claimed in a recently filed lawsuit. ...

DA Files Claim Against County
Hollister Free Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
... to investigate the source of the leak or defend him in the lawsuit. ... also goes further, alleging that De La Cruz's actions were retaliation for Sarsfield's ...

College employees scream discrimination
Lassen County News - Lassen,CA,USA
... and correct the issues and compensate the victims before a lawsuit is filed ... discrimination, a hostile work environment and workplace and retaliation and fear ...

UMass aides faced contract pressure, suit says
Boston Globe - United States
... the UMass officials because ``they indicated that they are fearful of retaliation." He said that ... in an affidavit that was filed as part of a lawsuit seeking to ...

The Origin of the DHS-ICE's Class Action Hispanic Special Agents ...
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
The federally filed class action lawsuit of disctimination and retaliation titled, Miguel Angel Contreras, et al., v. Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the ...

Suit targets alleged sexual harassment, discrimination
Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
... ``It's a general fabrication. Unbelievable.''. The women were fired out of retaliation and have suffered financially, the lawsuit says. ...

Plumas County News on-line
Plumas County Newspapers - Plumas county,CA,USA
... federal lawsuit in the US District Court of Eastern California. In his suit, Thein alleged that the non-renewal of his contract was an act of retaliation for ...

UGA legend's jailed wife seeks freedom
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
... They consider it retaliation for helping shed light on Clinch Sheriff Department's practice ... It resulted in a federal lawsuit, which the county later settled by ...

Another Jackass Thompson Lawsuit Coming
Kotaku.com - New York,NY,USA
... the industry has targeted him and his family for harm in retaliation for his ... in this instance actually called Thompson and asked him to bring this lawsuit... ...

Couple fight back, collect $2 mil.
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
... acts unleashed a retaliation campaign in 2005 by Oak Brook Police Sgt. Randy Mucha and other high- ranking village officials, the Gaiks contend in a lawsuit. ...

High School Official Sues Students Over Fake MySpace Page
MTV.com - USA
... School in San Antonio, Texas, has filed a civil lawsuit against two 16 ... Those charges, retaliation and fraudulent use of identifying information, are both third ...

AOL Customers Strike Back With Lawsuit
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
... subscribers have mounted legal action against the ISP in retaliation for its ... and Kasadore Ramkisson of Richmond County, NY, filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified ...
County, former employee settle suit
LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse,WI,USA
... facility shift supervisor who claims he was fired in retaliation for agreeing to ... In settling the federal lawsuit brought by Mark Wermer, the county ...

Man arrested after battery of mom, teen
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
... In retaliation, the boy struck the boyfriend with a pair of spiked brass ... An argument between two individuals regarding an upcoming civil lawsuit between them ...

Sports clubs not Extramurals anymore
UVSC NetXNews - Orem,UT,USA
... the rugby teams, considers the dropping of extramural sports to be retaliation by the ... In addition, Moore said the rumors of a lawsuit against the college are ...

Ongoing tales need fresh look
Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA
... Storey went to federal court claiming retaliation by the ISP afterward - inferior work ... The lawsuit and dispute is over between two car buff clubs which wanted ...

Passaic County deputy clerk ends tenure amid salary flap
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... her predecessor in the deputy clerk's position, Brown filed a lawsuit in state ... and county department heads not to cooperate with Brown in retaliation for Vande ...

Both sides claim win in judge's latest ruling on chief's lawsuit
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... released Mrs. Martinelli, Mr. Greco and Mr. Padula from the lawsuit but had ... of limitations to stand, thus tossing out alleged workplace retaliation prior to ...

Former UConn dead sues over demotion
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... The lawsuit, filed in Superior Court in Rockville, claims that Faghri's demotion was retaliation for speaking out publicly on issues including criticizing ...

Former U of I Coach Files Discrimination Suit
KWWL - Waterloo,IA,USA
... his dismissal was the result of retaliation by Associate Athletic Director Paula Jantz and Head Rowing Coach Mandi Kowal, who are also named in the lawsuit.

Judge rejects part of bias suit
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... One section bars employment discrimination and retaliation against employees who speak ... a ruling filed Tuesday, dismissed the part of Davis' lawsuit that falls ...

Jury: Maye did not retaliate against man
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
... Maye lost his own $10 million lawsuit against the city when it was ... until more than 10 months after Drissi initially complained of the city's retaliation. ...

McDonald's sued in harassment
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... That lawsuit further claimed that one young male employee's work hours were cut in retaliation for opposing the sexual harassment. ...

Adviser back at work, plans to continue lawsuit
Student Press Law Center - Arlington,VA,USA
... Student Press Law Center Board of Directors, filed a separate lawsuit alleging that her removal was a result of age discrimination and retaliation for articles ...

Volunteers say snub was in retaliation
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... constitutional right of people to criticize public officials without fear of retaliation. ... After a group of parents filed a lawsuit, the program was restored ...

Former Liberal trainer in lawsuit
Guymon Daily Herald - Guymon,OK,USA
... The suit alleges that the School District failed to reasonably investigate the reports of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and the sexual ...

Judge Rules Against Bid To Dismiss Parks Dept. Suit
New York Sun - New York,NY,USA
... evidence to support their claims of discrimination and retaliation." The Judge ... The lawsuit represents about 3,000 current and former minority Parks Department ...

New Orleans Firefighters Angry Over Pay Hike Proposals
Firehouse.com (subscription) - USA
... The city's position "smacks of retaliation because they (the firefighters) were successful in their lawsuit" to make the city pay the longevity raises, he said ...

Menendez likens war in Iraq to early Viet years
The Jersey Journal - Jersey City,NJ,USA
... Wilson and his wife have filed a lawsuit alleging that Rove and other Bush officials leaked Plame's identity to the media in retaliation for Wilson's ...

Fired Bank of Oklahoma exec receives $262500 in retaliation ...
'Fired Bank of Oklahoma exec receives $262500 in retaliation lawsuit' from Journal
Record, The (Oklahoma City) in Business & Finance provided free by ...

The Daily Page: Document Feed
Retaliation suit revived The US Seventh Circuit Court of appeals last week
reinstated a lawsuit brought by a UW-Madison employee who alleges she was ...

Retaliation Claims Present Difficult Challenges, Part II
Those who can sue for retaliation extend beyond current employees engaged ...
will be seen as retaliation, or to set up a retaliation lawsuit for when they ...

Retaliation lawsuit dismissed - The Stanford Daily Online
Last Friday, a Santa Clara County Supreme Court Judge terminated the last part
of a lawsuit against Stanford when he dismissed a retaliation claim filed by ...

SLAC victorious in 'retaliation' lawsuit brought by terminated ...
SLAC victorious in 'retaliation' lawsuit brought by terminated employee. A jury
in federal District Court in San Jose awarded the Stanford Linear ...

Ninth Circuit Revives Local Prosecutor’s Retaliation Lawsuit
Ninth Circuit Revives Local Prosecutor’s Retaliation Lawsuit. Court Rules Deputy
District Attorney Had Free Speech Right to Question Warrant Affidavit ...

Officer Alleges CIA Retaliation (washingtonpost.com)
Officer Alleges CIA Retaliation. Lawsuit Says Agency Urged False Reporting on
Iraqi Arms. By Dana Priest. Washington Post Staff Writer ...

EEOC AND TECHNICOLOR VIDEOCASSETTE SETTLE SEX BIAS AND RETALIATION ...
EEOC AND TECHNICOLOR VIDEOCASSETTE SETTLE SEX BIAS AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT FOR
$875000. Consent Decree Also Provides Injunctive Relief and Outside ...

Lurie v Kaiser Permanente - Washinton DC Mid Atlantic Lawsuit
Content. ... Case number is: 1:06CV01386 Lurie v. Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical
Group, PC, et al filed United States District Court District of Columbia ...

Workplace Blog: Federal Agency Files Retaliation Lawsuit on Behalf ...
The Chronicle: Federal Agency Files Retaliation Lawsuit on Behalf of Florida
Professor. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit ...

Investigators seize computer gear of ex-Kaua'i police chief
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
... acting Police Chief Clayton Arinaga have settled a whistleblower lawsuit that Arinaga ... Arinaga had argued that he was punished as retaliation for insisting that ...

Red Cross lawsuit rejected
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena,CA,USA
PASADENA - A judge has dismissed a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by ... all reasonable steps necessary to prevent discrimination and retaliation," among other ...

Retired officer files suit against Easton over his demotion
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
... lawsuit last week claiming Mayor Phil Mitman and former Police Chief Stephen Mazzeo demoted him from lieutenant to sergeant in September 2004 in retaliation ...

McInnis lawsuit: Judge upholds verdict, but reduces award
Weston Forum - Georgetown,CT,USA
... damages and another $4,200 in liquidated damages for willful retaliation by Chief ... Chief Land retaliated against him for filing an age discrimination lawsuit. ...

County mulls reply to suit
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
... they were terminated from the Health Department in retaliation for speaking ... hoped the commission's Personnel Committee could investigate the lawsuit's charges. ...
Judge allows lawsuit by officers to continue
Pioneer Press Online - Glenview,IL,USA
... "Because a jury reasonably could find that River Forest's decision not to promote the plaintiffs was in retaliation for their 2003 lawsuit, the Court denies ...

Outed CIA agent Plame adds Armitage to lawsuit
CNN - USA
... Ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame has added Richard Armitage to her lawsuit over the ... Plame says the trio blew Plame's cover in retaliation for Wilson speaking out ...

Othello Community Hospital sued
Columbia Basin Herald - Moses Lake,WA,USA
... in whistleblowing activities because of the conduct of Geller and hospital administration," the plaintiff alleged in the lawsuit. "In retaliation against her ...

Juvenile Probation Department employee alleges wrongdoing
Brownsville Herald - TX United States
... t know a lawsuit was filed and was unaware of the allegations. Euresti was not available for comment. Rocha alleges that Ramirez demoted him in retaliation for ...

7 sue Nassau Health Care Corp. in bias case
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... and pay through a pattern of discrimination, retaliation, misrepresentation, misinformation ... Its initial director has a separate federal lawsuit pending against ...

Officers Claim City, LAPD Retaliated Against Them
CBS 2 - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... lawsuit alleging wage and overtime violations. The federal complaint, which seeks class-action status, alleges the officers were singled out for retaliation ...

COMMENTARY - Cockroaches, Public Officials Share Common Traits
North Country Gazette - Chestertown,NY,USA
... The girl charges in the lawsuit that Prosowski, Baumgartner's accuser ... following the proper procedures, charged with falsification, retaliation and intimidation ...

Westchester DSS worker gets second chance at lawsuit
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
A recent US Supreme Court case on job retaliation has given new life to a lawsuit brought against Westchester County by an assistant commissioner in the ...

Watkins Granted Deadline Extension
Howard University The Hilltop (subscription) - Washington,DC,USA
... submitted an Equal Employment Office discrimination and retaliation complaint in the ... The University lawsuit alleges that Watkins withheld essential information ...

Wilmington officer claims retaliation
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
WILMINGTON -- A 17-year city police veteran filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming he's been retaliated against for reporting a supervisor's derogatory ...

Civil Service Suit
WVLT - Knoxville,TN,USA
... All four men have filed a lawsuit in the Hamblen County Circuit Court ... The complaint says the four officers face retaliation from the police chief and members of ...

Fired over slice of bacon, man alleges sexual harassment in suit
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... Wighard's lawsuit was filed under the Civil Rights Act for wrongful termination, sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation. ...

Failures of Imagination
Columbia Journalism Review - USA
... out of public view — until the ACLU uncovered it through an FOIA lawsuit. ... and could make them targets of possible terrorist retaliation” — the reaction ...

College reinstates student Newspaper adviser
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USA
... at Ocean County College have said her removal was in retaliation for stories ... Three recent Viking News editors filed a lawsuit in federal court, which resulted ...

Hi-tech service provider sued for bias against near-blind ...
CCH - USA
... and punitive damages and an injunction prohibiting discrimination and retaliation in the ... "That didn't happened here, but we think today's lawsuit can write a ...

10:43 am: Mesa Vista High School counselor settles lawsuit
Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
OJO CALIENTE, NM (AP) - A counselor at Mesa Vista High School received $42,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging she faced retaliation for bringing ...

Special-ed gripes cause parents to sue Brookline schools
Nashua Telegraph (subscription) - Nashua,NH,USA
... The bulk of the 32-page lawsuit concerns a lengthy list of ... were regarded as troublemakers” and subjected to “discrimination and retaliation by the district ...

Elbert: Employees and bosses should hear, fear this tale
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... The slander lawsuit was settled last week. ... complaint against McElroy remain confidential, because the Integer employees involved feared retaliation from McElroy ...

Newark priest blames bishops, celibacy
renewamerica.us - Washington,D.C.,USA
On December 13, 2005, I filed a five million dollar lawsuit against a number of ... the time I was eighteen years of age, and for the retaliation and harassment I ...

COMMENTARY - Unclean Hands Of Michael Schiavo
North Country Gazette - Chestertown,NY,USA
... to attach themselves to someone as consumed and obsessed with retaliation and revenge as ... were, but they served as the basis for a civil lawsuit against Michael ...
Kallenberg sues county
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... changes by a Powell High School administrator has led her to file a lawsuit arguing that she is the victim of sexual discrimination, retaliation, libel and ...

County OKs $450,000 McLaughlin settlement
The News-Review - Roseburg,OR,USA
... Nena Cook, the Portland attorney hired to defend the county in the lawsuit. McLaughlin could have pursued allegations of defamation, retaliation, false light ...

Bentonville : Retailer: Did not destroy files
Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA
... The federal lawsuit comes six months after the Occupational Safety and Health ... Miles’ OSHA complaint and declined to say what kind of retaliation his client ...
Appellate court reverses prison doctor's damages
TheReporter.com - Vacaville,CA,USA
... claimed she was discriminated against and subjected to job retaliation while working ... a result of her complaint, McRae charged in a subsequent lawsuit, she was ...

Judge: Ex-cop's lawsuit 'baseless'
Norristown Times Herald - Norristown,PA,USA
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Limerick officials ... civil rights by engaging in a pattern of harassment and retaliation. ...

EDITORIAL: Ex-Mental Health Chief Deserves to Be Heard
International News Service - Sydney,Australia
... 30--A federal judge's recent decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed over the firing ... are paid with our tax money -- aren't protected from retaliation for letting ...

Former clerk files suit against supervisor, wife and the township
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City,MI,USA
TRAVERSE CITY — A lawsuit filed by Bingham Township's former clerk details an alleged pattern of retaliation and harassment led by township Supervisor Robert ...

Loveland feud becomes federal case
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... found no problems with Lang's dress and Lang later accused Griesinger of voyeurism, the lawsuit states. ... "That sort of spectacle was in retaliation for him ...

Bias suits target Rio Hondo
Whittier Daily News - Whittier,CA,USA
... her in 2003 in retaliation for accusing them of being racist when they objected to the Mexican decor of her office. Her multimillion-dollar lawsuit is now ...

Bias cases in decline
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery,AL,USA
... there were 597 discrimination lawsuits, which also include retaliation claims, according ... discrimination program five years ago following a lawsuit that alleged ...

Blankenship has turned to the courts
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
... wanted a ruling that Manchin has violated his free speech rights, and a court order forbidding any retaliation. When filed, the lawsuit requested compensatory ...

Ex-Colleague Says Armitage Was Source of CIA Leak
Washington Post - United States
... top administration officials, alleging that the leak was meant as retaliation. ... for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the group pressing the lawsuit.

Welty takes long view at Fresno State
Fresno Bee (subscription) - Fresno,CA,USA
... fired by Fresno State during the 2004-05 season, has countered with a lawsuit that cites gender discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation and violation of ...

How Much Does Retaliation Hurt?
BenefitsNext - USA
... felt that some of their subsequent steps were retaliatory, so he, too, filed a lawsuit. ... duty and he returned in a few weeks, he sued the city for retaliation. ...

Judge delays ruling on councilmen's suit
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
... would violate individuals' freedom of speech and could lead to retaliation by the ... the attorneys for releasing too much information on the lawsuit to the press. ...

Burg firefighter files bias lawsuit
The Mountain Press - Sevierville,TN,USA
... a July 15, 2005, letter that is attached to the lawsuit, City Manager ... city's allegations are "untrue and pretext for unlawful discrimination and retaliation.". ...

91-Year-Old Widow Says She Is Penniless After Fraud at American ...
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
... The second lawsuit filed the same day by Bert Corniel, the former ... against American Savings, alleges he was wrongfully discharged in retaliation for reporting a ...

Three fired female executives of Wright Foundation file lawsuit
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
... The lawsuit was filed yesterday in Maricopa County Superior Court. It alleges the three women were fired in retaliation for questioning foundation ...

Trial opens in psychologist's cop lawsuit
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
... contract in retaliation. At least, that's what 12 jurors in US District Court were told Tuesday during the first day of Kevin Gilmartin's lawsuit trial against ...

Alternative settlement in IR suit offered
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... The two families filed a lawsuit last year alleging the district improperly ... sought that concession because they feared their children would suffer retaliation.

A sweet deal for gardens, former director
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... claim but did not pursue a lawsuit. Yates said she was then targeted by supervisors. She responded by filing a second complaint, alleging retaliation. ...

Whistleblowers say ordeal not worth it
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
... whistle again, although he probably wouldn't pursue a civil lawsuit. Allen was awarded $110,000 in damages from the state in 1999 for retaliation he suffered ...

Ex-city worker threatens to sue if not paid $100,000
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
... not awarded $100,000 for enduring what her attorney calls "unlawful retaliation" related to ... 15, after which she will file a lawsuit claiming the city violated ...

Nurse's lawsuit alleges she was fired out of retaliation
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
STOCKTON - A former public health nurse has filed a lawsuit against San Joaquin County alleging she was fired out of retaliation for exposing her supervisor's ...

We Felt Second-class: American Lebanese
Islam Online - Doha,Qatar
... The lawsuit also accuses the administration of violating the constitutional rights of ... soldiers, I started suddenly hearing News that retaliation has started to ...

BACARDI'S VICTORY IN THE HAVANA CLUB TRADEMARK FIGHT COULD SPELL ...
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... market some two weeks ago, Pernod Ricard and Cubaexport filed a lawsuit in US ... Miami trademark lawyer, said he doesn't think any trademark retaliation on the ...
Public reaction to suit as varied as city’s population
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
... There should be no lawsuit,” Serafin said. ... They’ll go to Wal-Mart in Wilkes-Barre or Scranton” in retaliation against an ordinance they believe is unjust ...

Fired Ridgefield cop lays groundwork for whistleblower suit
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
... of retaliation,” the first step in what could turn into a whistle-blower suit. He then would have to file a notice of tort claim with a lawsuit following in ...

Union Pacific settles retaliation suit
San Francisco Business Times - San Francisco,CA,USA
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday that it settled a lawsuit against Union Pacific Railroad Co. concerning ...

Ousted firefighter's suit clears legal hurdle
Aspen Daily News - Aspen,CO,USA
... His lawsuit seeks back pay and punitive damages for what it calls "humiliation ... judge said there appeared to be a pattern of potential retaliation against union ...

Parody Ad Highlights UAFS Trial
Fort Smith Times Record - Fort Smith,AR,USA
... professor and paid less than male employees because of her gender, and that her termination in January 2005 was in retaliation for filing a lawsuit against UAFS ...

Dean Sues President at Del Mar
Inside Higher Ed - Washington,DC,USA
... litigation, but that Del Mar “is aware of the lawsuit and Is ... All nine of the complaints, which generally involved discrimination or retaliation, were closed ...

Foreign workers sue NO hotel chain
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... Several said they were protesting despite the threat of retaliation by their bosses ... R-Metairie, said Wednesday he cannot comment directly on the lawsuit, but in ...

Judge drops part of officer’s lawsuit
Chronicle-Telegram - Elyria,OH,USA
See filed the lawsuit in 2003, saying his rights of free speech were violated ... 30-day suspension.See accuses Medders of firing him in retaliation for corruption ...

Ex-Stickney cop wins whistleblower case
Chicago Tribune - United States
... mayor and police chief for "destroying" his life in retaliation for alleging police ... Hare, 48, filed a whistleblower lawsuit in 2002, alleging Stickney officials ...

Newsom business partner is lead lawyer in lawsuit against Cheney
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... named to lead ex-CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson's big lawsuit against Vice ... exposing Valerie Wilson's classified CIA status to reporters in retaliation for ex ...

Citizen reaction to suit as varied as the population
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
... ll go to Wal-Mart in Wilkes-Barre or Scranton” in retaliation against an ... The mayor is doing a commendable job with the ordinance,” despite the lawsuit. ...

Plame lawyer to compel testimony from Cheney, Rove in lawsuit over ...
JURIST - USA
... In the 1997 Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton, the US ... revealed her identity as an undercover CIA operative in retaliation for the ...

Del Mar employee files lawsuit
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
... "The college is aware of the lawsuit and is ... contract is a violation of the Texas Whistleblower Act, which protects employees from retaliation from employers ...

Board not told of track settlement
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... Carl Wiese, then said that Palmer fired him in retaliation for reporting ... Last week, before information about the lawsuit surfaced, Bishop said he would ask the ...

Retaliation lawsuit nets officer $3.7 million
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
Chicago - A federal jury awarded $3.7 million to a former suburban Chicago police officer who claimed his bosses retaliated against him after he discovered ...

Assembly declines to fund education lawsuit
Kenai Peninsula Online - Kenai,AK,USA
... other members expressed concern about possible legislative retaliation — however subtle ... plaintiffs have already spent some $2.4 million pursuing the lawsuit. ...

City accuses big landlord of illegal tactics Firm accused of ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... to speak on the record or be named, saying they fear retaliation. ... tenants sued CitiApartments, making allegations similar to those listed in Herrera's lawsuit. ...

Lil' Troy: Ballin' Outta Control
AllHipHop - USA
... Disputes over copyright led to a $225,000 lawsuit amidst Troy’s successes ... With his documentary, Paperwork, Lil’ Troy pulled a Michael Moore in retaliation. ...

AP Centerpiece: Newspaper settlement left unresolved issues
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... In her lawsuit, Schartz alleged the college's decision to terminate her employment was in retaliation for her exercising her First Amendment rights as a ...

KC firefighter files another sexual discrimination complaint
Kansas.com - KS,USA
... In a written statement, Fire Chief Smokey Dyer denied Kline's retaliation claims and ... a few weeks later, a move that Kline says in her lawsuit was retaliatory ...

'Because I Said So' Defeats ADA Motion for Summary Judgment
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... filed a cause of action under the ADA alleging unlawful retaliation, disability discrimination and ... that he would make a mistake that might result in a lawsuit. ...

Court affirms dismissal of wrongful firing suit
WAVY-TV - Portsmouth,VA,USA
... a Maryland judge's dismissal of Robert Jordan's wrongful termination lawsuit against IBM and ... the court said Jordan could NOT claim retaliation for complaining ...

GameStop sued by Louisiana store managers
Joystiq - Santa Monica,CA,USA
... The law protects people that bring legitimate suits from retaliation from the company. ... 14. My uncle was part of a lawsuit very similar to this except in the ...

Corrections officer sues Del. over promotion
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... and a court order barring prison officials from future retaliation against union members ... Department of Correction officials declined to comment on the lawsuit. ...

Dupont police chief sues borough, councilman over false ...
Citizens Voice - Wilkes-Barre,PA,USA
... mulled eliminating part-time officers from the department retaliation for him ... DeMark filed the lawsuit three days after council approved a new three-year ...

Employee sues town for reprisals
Trenton Times - Trenton,NJ,USA
... he faced retaliation when he spoke up to defend black co-workers from racist remarks. Plant operator Dominick Azzaro claimed in the lawsuit filed Monday in ...

Officers suspended over video sue SF
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... chief's public denunciation of the video they suffered retaliation, defamation and ... while ''mocking and mimicking the community.'' The lawsuit ''only reinforces ...

Barton County CC settles lawsuit with former journalism instructor
Dodge City Daily Globe - Dodge City,KS,USA
... In her lawsuit, Schartz claimed she was dismissed in retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights as a faculty adviser, for supporting the rights of ...

Chicopee worker to drop lawsuit
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
... the city worker who planned to file a "whistleblower" lawsuit agreed to drop ... Theroux said she suffered retaliation after complaining to Hampden County District ...

Pressing the flesh
Bay Windows - Boston,MA,USA
... s Apellate Tax Board (ATB) Gorton has previously voiced suspicions that anti-gay bias and retaliation for whistleblowing ... I am not ruling out a lawsuit in which ...

Substitute teacher out of control, lawsuit says
West Virginia Record - Charleston,WV,USA
Ruth Oliver filed a lawsuit July 31 in Kanawha Circuit Court on behalf of her ... effects of the trauma suffered by CC, as well as the retaliation and harassment ...

Fired officer wants job back
The Herald - Everett,WA,USA
The former Lynnwood police officer earlier won a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against the city. By Jim Haley. A former ...

Employee handbook can minimize employer liability on job-related ...
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription) - San Diego,CA,USA
... prevent an employee or former employee from bringing an employment-related lawsuit against an ... The policy also should clearly prohibit retaliation for claims. ...

Trooper files whistle-blower lawsuit
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
... state trooper has filed a federal whistle-blower lawsuit claiming he was ... Association, claiming that group has not adequately defended them against retaliation.

Sergeant suing fired police chief
Online Athens (subscription) - Athens,GA,USA
... disclose what they told the GBI, but they did not, according to the lawsuit. Both officers were soon demoted, an action New claims was in retaliation for his ...

David Serena, former Hartnell board president, faces fraud, theft ...
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... An attorney for David Serena, 59, contended Monday that the charges are retaliation for a lawsuit Serena brought against the Yolo County grand jury over its ...

Memo alleges retaliatory move
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription) - Topeka,KS,USA
... He also said the memo opens the city up to a lawsuit because of the ... the incident, the council to censure Alcala and a guarantee against retaliation toward HRC. ...
Druckman sues former clients over work on King cases
West Virginia Record - Charleston,WV,USA
WINFIELD - A Charleston attorney has filed his own lawsuit against 25 of his ... Protection Act … apparently as a result of and/or in retaliation for Druckman's ...

For investigators, serial rapist trail growing cold
Charlottesville Daily Progress - Charlottesville,VA,USA
... forward, Thornton said, including fear of media coverage or of retaliation by the ... Charlottesville police are currently involved in a lawsuit filed by a man who ...

Correction officer claims harassment
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
... the prison claiming they depicted officer Lorraine Wood, according to the lawsuit. ... Wood complained to higher-ups, sparking alleged retaliation and intimidation ...

Fired Employee Defeats Former Employer
Yankton Daily Press - Yankton,SD,USA
... After he was fired, Lord filed a lawsuit against Hy-Vee, alleging wrongful termination ... to be instructed on was whether Lord was fired in retaliation for filing ...

E-Mail Retention: The High Cost of Digging Up Data
Baseline - New York,NY,USA
... Court in New York in September 2004 for sex discrimination, retaliation and violation of ... wrongly fired again in April 2004, she says in her lawsuit, filed just ...

$472,890 awarded in harassment suit
Mercury-Register - Oroville,CA,USA
... have gotten) the city on retaliation," said Dufresne, who sought nearly $800,000 in lost wages, retirement contribution and emotional distress in her lawsuit. ...

Community activist charges retaliation by police
Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh,NY,USA
... he says is harassment and retaliation. Raymond Bryant, who goes by the name Omari Shakur, Tuesday said he has amended an earlier federal lawsuit against the ...
Former UW Medical Administrator Files Sexual Harassment Suit
KGWN - Cheyenne,WY,USA
... was demoted and his pay cut in what he says was retaliation for reporting incidents of sexual harassment. Last week, Scherr filed a federal lawsuit in Cheyenne ...

SJC lets fired waiters pursue Locke-Ober suit
Boston Globe - United States
... about a practice of pooling tips at Locke-Ober restaurant are protected by state law and entitled to pursue a lawsuit alleging illegal retaliation by their ...

Fenwick Employment Brief - July 2006
Mondaq News Articles (subcription) - London,UK
... a reasonable worker from filing a complaint will not support a retaliation claim ... either (i) as damages awarded to the qualified beneficiary in a lawsuit, or (ii ...

Man acquitted of molesting girl wins right to identify parents
Boston Globe - United States
... Brunswick has said the court order was appropriate to protect the girl's privacy and called the lawsuit a retaliation for the settlement. ...

Lawsuit against OC police chief could be headed to trial
Oil City Derrick - Oil City,PA,USA
... A lawsuit filed by an Oil City police officer against the police department and ... female coworker was concocted by the chief as a means of retaliation and others ...

LAPD Captain Claims Demotion Was Retaliation
CBS 2 - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... the Captain 3 to Captain 1 level and forced into the LAPD’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan for being a whistleblower, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. ...

Indy Filmmaker Starts Futile Lawsuit
Cinema Blend - USA
... which is actually the final cut, for fear of retaliation from Paramount ... denial and delusions of grandeur certainly explain the motivation behind this lawsuit. ...

New state law should help landowners
The Southern - Carbondale,IL,USA
... a settlement to fired assistant professor Christopher Dussold, and his lawsuit would go ... to change the issue, saying he was let go as retaliation for earlier ...

The verdict is ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... malicious retaliation. The fact is that the law doesn't right every wrong. 10. The plaintiffs, having landed their political counterpunch in this lawsuit, ...

Clerk workers' lawsuit claims retaliation
Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton,OH,USA
... The lawsuit contends that Vanessa Thompson, assistant chief deputy of the auto ... and "engaged in a rigorous and unrelenting course of retaliation against them.". ...
Metro facing suit by ex-investigator
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... rights agency has sued the agency in US District Court, accusing it of unlawful retaliation, sex discrimination ... She was fired in February 2005, her lawsuit said ...

Schenk: Leak probe needed
Chester Daily Local Online - Chester,PA,USA
... In a May 26 lawsuit, Stephen Siana claims the city fired the firm in retaliation after lawyers notified City Council of Sunshine Law violations and other legal ...

State briefs: July 26
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... Clarksville officer claims retaliation after lawsuit CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - A Clarksville police officer says he's been retaliated ...

Harder outlines claims of retaliation in latest testimony
Forest Park Review - Oak Park,IL,USA
... turned out to be an innocent resident of the home for too long, alleging that he was disciplined as part of the retaliation for the sexual harassment lawsuit. ...

Judge dismisses parts of lawsuit by ex-workers
Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany,NJ,USA
... Their lawsuit contended that Nittoli was harassed, degraded about her family life and ... Seals was allegedly fired in retaliation for disputes the office had with ...

Judge orders adviser reinstated at student Newspaper
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... Alberto Morales, one of three recent Viking
News editors whose lawsuit in federal ... at Ocean County College have said her removal was in retaliation for stories ...

Norwalk High School Teacher Files Discrimination Suit
Norwalk Citizen - Norwalk,CT,USA
... against in retaliation to a May 2004 disciplinary hearing at the school, which was conducted after a student allegedly threatened her, states the lawsuit. ...

Federal court issues preliminary injunction to reinstate Newspaper ...
Student Press Law Center - Arlington,VA,USA
... The lawsuit alleges that Bosley’s removal was the result of retaliation for several stories the Newspaper wrote critical of the school’s administration. ...

Ex-official files bias lawsuit
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
... Carnevali said in the lawsuit that Sivi “believes she was terminated in retaliation for reporting religious creed harassment to her supervisor and for ...

Fired police officers sue Massillon, chief
Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA
... and retaliation. Former patrol officer Robert Boyd and former police Sgt. Richard Siskie were fired in August amid accusations of insubordination. In a lawsuit ...

United States: Unheralded Provisions of 2005 DRA Will Require ...
Mondaq

News Articles (subcription) - London,UK
... need to understand the potential difficulty with jumping into a lawsuit that will ... This is true even with the best safeguards against retaliation, because a ...

Judge's ruling reinstates OCC student paper adviser
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
... The student editors' lawsuit contends that the Dec. 12 decision by the OCC board of trustees not to reappoint Bosley as adviser was retaliation for several ...

Appeals court: Jury can hear lawsuit against Detroit mayor ...
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
By David Eggert. LANSING, Mich. – An appeals court refused to throw out a lawsuit Friday that claims Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick fired a deputy police ...

Chicano Activist Kiko Martinez Fights Back
Infoshop News - USA
... Martinez, 59, is seeking unspecified damages and attorney fees in his lawsuit. ... and alleges the FBI placed him on a terrorist-watch list in retaliation for his ...

Suit vs. IT provider dismissed
TheReporter.com - Vacaville,CA,USA
... The lawsuit had been scheduled for a Sept. ... Phillips also claimed that he was a victim of defamation, retaliation and wrongful termination because he tried to ...

Civil rights suit filed against Price Cutter's ex-owner
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
... store manager to racial harassment and retaliation. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday filed a civil rights lawsuit against Roswil Inc ...

Clarksville officer claims retaliation
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... work environments, discrimination in the promotion process, improperly administered discipline and retaliation. Besides Austion's original lawsuit, one case ...

5th lawsuit by Navy chaplains adds to discrimination charges
BP News - Nashville,TN,USA
... Subsequently, despite an outstanding record, Johnson wasn’t selected for a promotion to captain, which he attributes in the lawsuit to retaliation for his ...

Georgia Officer Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with Department
Officer.com - USA
... Worley claims Houck gave him a lower raise last year in retaliation for his ... an official Department of Justice letter that would clear the way for a lawsuit. ...

The Law Offices of Joseph M. Lovretovich File Case on Behalf of ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... The lawsuit alleges that, after the analyst refused to do so, another credit ... case alleges that the bank's termination of the analyst was in retaliation for his ...

New Judge Assigned To Case
Fort Smith Times Record - Fort Smith,AR,USA
A lawsuit over the firing of a security officer at the federal courthouse in ... filed the suit in May, alleging that he was fired in retaliation for reporting ...

SEC to Interview Mack Over Hedge Fund
SmartPros Accounting - USA
... Project, the organization representing Aguirre in his federal lawsuit seeking SEC ... inspector general into Aguirre's charges of favoritism and retaliation by the ...

GUEA conflict of interest centers on land
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
... pay back the money, they've decided to wait because a civil lawsuit may be ... neighbor, who declined to be identified in the Newspaper out of fear of retaliation. ...

Valerie Plame's Lawsuit Against Vice President Cheney, I. Lewis " ...
FindLaw - Mountain View,CA,USA
... The lawsuit alleges, for example, that the defendants violated the First Amendment by disclosing Plame's identity as retaliation for Wilson's criticism of the ...

United States: US Supreme Court Defines Scope of Retaliation ...
Mondaq News Articles (subcription) - London,UK
... White eventually filed a civil lawsuit, claiming that the change in her job responsibilities and her suspension amounted to unlawful retaliation under Title VII ...

Neenah detective, city reach settlement in federal lawsuit
Appleton Post Crescent - WI, USA
... the federal lawsuit in November contending Neenah police lied and abused their power during their investigation. He alleged the investigation was retaliation ...

Troubles mount for beleaguered attorney general
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
... A whistle-blower lawsuit alleges retaliation for disclosing BPU practices. Farber hired four private attorneys to defend the BPU. ...

Pa. hospital to pay $50,000 to resolve discrimination lawsuit
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
... which denied the allegations in the lawsuit, also will revise and distribute to all employees its policies against discrimination and retaliation, the EEOC said ...

Construction permits surge
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... denied the allegations, but agreed to settle the lawsuit. In addition, Jameson must revise its policies against discrimination and retaliation, and set a ...

GE, suppliers settle whistleblower suit
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... a laser drilling machine and is one of the three who claimed retaliation, said the ... GE faces a separate lawsuit filed in January by a former Madisonville plant ...

Top court rules AC cop can get retaliation trial
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USA
... This decision “turns the basis of the employer/employee relationship on its head, requiring that, in order to avoid a potential CEPA lawsuit, an employer ...

Home Depot settles Saugus suit
Saugus Advertiser - Beverly,MA,USA
... Mark Alexander Reid agreed in turn this week to drop his federal harassment and retaliation lawsuit against the Atlanta-based do-it-yourself retail giant. ...

Former GE employee wins $11M lawsuit
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
... In the lawsuit, Moody accused GE of discriminating against him in terms ... Moody sued GE for age and racial discrimination, retaliation, infliction of emotional ...