WEST v. CITY OF ALBANY

300 Ga. 743

FINAL COPY S16Q1881. WEST v. CITY OF ALBANY et al. BENHAM, Justice. Searless West (“West”), a former employee of the City of Albany (“City”), filed a complaint in federal court against the City and two individuals setting forth, among other things, a claim under the Georgia Whistleblower Act (“GWA”), OCGA § 45-1-4. With respect to West’s claims under the GWA, she seeks economic and non-economic damages resulting from alleged retaliation for disclosing what she deems to be certain financial irregularities in the City’s utility department. Specifically, West seeks lost wages; loss of…