Legal Opinion
Davidson v. Commonwealth, Department of Military Affairs
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided October 22, 2004No. 2003-CA-000615-MRPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MINTON, Judge.
Kentucky’s Whistleblower Act 1 protects state employees from reprisal for reporting actual or suspected agency violations of the law. Michael W. Davidson, an employee in the state’s Department of Military Affairs, contended in the circuit court that the agency asked him to resign and initiated an investigation into allegations of misconduct and conflicts of interest to punish him for reporting violations of state law by the Kentucky Cabinet for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection (NREPC) in pending litigation he had against that agency. Specifically, Davidson…
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