J. DeMasters v. Carilion Clinic

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge KRAUSE wrote the opinion, in which Judge AMBRO and' Senior Judge BARRY joined.

KRAUSE, Circuit Judge:

In 2011, after five years of employment as an employee assistance program consultant in Carilion’s behavioral health unit, Appellant J. Neil DeMasters allegedly was fired for acting “contrary to his employer’s best interests,” failing to take the “pro-employer side,” and leaving his employer “in a compromised position,” as a result of his support of a fellow employee’s sexual harassment complaint and his criticism of the way the employer had…