Legal Opinion
Karen Cormier v. Genesis Healthcare LLC
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 15, 2015No. Docket Cum-14-216PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHjelm, J.
[¶ 1] In January 2012, Karen Cormier was discharged from employment as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) at a nursing home owned by Genesis Healthcare LLC. She commenced this action in the Superior Court (Cumberland County), alleging that she was terminated because she had made complaints about staffing and patient safety, and that Genesis thereby violated the Maine Whistleblowers’ Protection Act (WPA), 26 M.R.S. §§ 831-840.(2014). The court (Warren, J.) granted Genesis’s motion for summary judgment, concluding that although Cormier presented evidence that her complaints constituted…
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