Legal Opinion
Colon v. Fulton County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 18, 2013No. S12G1905; S12G1911; S12G1912PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Melton, Justice.
In these consolidated cases, Maria Colon and Gwendolyn Warren filed separate lawsuits against their employer, Fulton County, pursuant to Georgia’s whistleblower statute, OCGA § 45-1-4. Colon and Warren alleged that they were retaliated against after they jointly disclosed to their supervisors and refused to cover up that County employees were violating laws, rules, and regulations, thereby fraudulently wasting and abusing County funds and public money. The County moved to dismiss the actions based on sovereign immunity and moved for judgment on the pleadings, arguing that…
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