Legal Opinion
Edward Tuohy v. City of Atlanta
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 10, 2015No. A14A2148PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Boggs, Judge.
Edward Tuohy filed a complaint against the City of Atlanta, Mayor Kasim Reed, and the Atlanta City Council (collectively “the City”), alleging that he was terminated in retaliation in violation of the Georgia Whistleblower Act, OCGA § 45-1-4. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the City, and Tuohy now appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.
On appeal from the grant of summary judgment, this court applies a de novo standard of review. Higginbotham v. Knight, 312 Ga. App. 525, 526 (719 SE2d 1) (2011). Summary judgment is proper when there is no genuine issue…
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