Eric Borcik v. Crosby Tugs, L.L.C.

I,Invoking Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XII, 1 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit certified to this Court the following question of law: “What is the meaning of ‘good faith’ as that term is used in the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2027?” Borcik v. Crosby Tugs, L.L.C., 656 Fed.Appx. 681, 685 (5th Cir. 2016). We accepted certification 2 and, for the reasons set forth below, answer the question as follows: The term “good faith,” as used in R.S. 30:2027, means an employee is acting with an honest belief that a violation of an…