Tag Archives: termination
Whistleblower Awarded $80,000 in Punitive Damages
A recent case, Peasley v. Regis Corporation, resulted in a jury awarding $80,000 in punitive damages to the plaintiff, a hair stylist named Valerie Peasley. The claim was filed under the Maine Whistleblower Protection Act. Peasley says she reported to the manager of her salon that some of her coworkers had been selling and using […]
Rutgers Pays Nearly $2 Million to Settle Whistleblower Claims Against UMDNJ
Rutgers University recently merged with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, but as a result it also inherited a pair of ongoing whistleblower claims against that school. Those cases were recently settled for a combined award of nearly $2 million. In one of the lawsuits, the former chief financial officer of UMDNJ’s […]
