Legal Opinion
McBride v. Peak Wellness Center, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2012No. 11-8037PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
Lisa McBride is an accountant who worked as Peak Wellness Center’s business manager for about nine years. Peak terminated her in 2009, citing job performance and morale issues. McBride, however, claims she was terminated in retaliation for bringing various accounting improprieties to the attention of Peak’s Board of Directors.
McBride brought several federal and state-law claims against Peak, among them (1) whistleblower retaliation under the federal False Claims Act (FCA); (2) violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); (3) breach of employment…
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