Legal Opinion
Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. v. Alexis M. Herman, Secretary, United States Department of Labor and Thomas Dutkiewicz, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 10, 1998No. 97-2083PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Dutkiewicz was fired by his employer, Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., after he repeatedly complained he felt his supervisors were pressuring him to violate Department of Transportation (“DOT”) fegulations for hauling hazardous materials, and that he would not do that. The company said he was fired because customers complained about his abrasive manner. Dutkiewicz complained to the company that he had been unfairly and unlawfully terminated. The company rehired Dutkiew-icz for a different position, kept him on a short leash, and fired him three months…
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