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Timestamp: 2014-07-26 15:34:07
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§130', '§1395', '§185', '§185', '§1983', '§185']

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Employment – Retaliation – Whistleblower – Notice
By: Tom Egan June 5, 2014	Where a plaintiff has alleged that she was forced to resign as a K-9 officer in retaliation for reporting wrongdoing by a sergeant working for the defendant Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the plaintiff cannot prevail under the Massachusetts whistleblower statute, ...
Employment – Whistleblower – Preemption
By: Tom Egan April 24, 2014	Where a plaintiff who was terminated from her job has alleged a violation of public policy under Massachusetts common law, that claim must be dismissed as preempted by the whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The defendant’s motion to ...
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Employment – Whistleblower – EMTALA – HPWS
By: Tom Egan June 21, 2013	Where a plaintiff terminated from her job as a registered nurse has alleged that her termination was in retaliation for whistleblowing activity, the defendant is entitled to summary judgment to the extent that the plaintiff’s complaint is based on 105 CMR §§130.331 and 130.332, but is not entitled to summary judgment under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, 42 U.S.C. §1395dd.
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Employment – Whistleblower – MBTA
By: Tom Egan June 6, 2013	Where the defendant Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has moved to dismiss a whistleblower claim asserted by a plaintiff who alleges that she was forced out of her employment with the K-9 Unit because she reported wrongdoing by an MBTA police sergeant, the dismissal motion must be allowed as to the G.L.c. 149, §185(b)(3) component of the plaintiff’s claim but denied to the extent that the claim is based on §185(b)(1).
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Employment – Fire Department – Whistleblower
By: Tom Egan March 25, 2013	Where a plaintiff Cotuit firefighter has brought suit asserting a claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983 for political discrimination and unlawful retaliation in violation of the First Amendment, as well as claims for tortious contractual interference under Massachusetts common law and for violation of the Massachusetts Whistleblower Act (G.L.c. 149, §185), the defendants must be awarded summary judgment given the inadequacies of the plaintiff’s allegations.
Employment – Whistleblower
By: Tom Egan March 25, 2013	Where a jury rejected the plaintiff’s whistleblower claim against the defendant, the trial judge did not (1) provide a flawed supplemental instruction in response to a jury question; (2) improperly exclude relevant evidence; or (3) wrongly deny the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
Employment – Whistleblower – False Claims Act
By: Tom Egan August 14, 2012	Where the relator brought a “whistle blower” action under the False Claims Act against the defendant biotechnology firm, claiming that a catheter produced by the defendant is defective, his allegations of both false claims and retaliation fail.
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By: Tom Egan February 27, 2012	Where a defendant employer and two codefendant supervisors have moved for summary judgment on a plaintiff’s retaliation claim, the motion must be denied given the plaintiffs’ allegations that the defendants did not comply with binding state regulations.