Bartholomew v. Fischl

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

A dispute which arose between plaintiff, the executive director of the Bicity Health Bureau (Bureau), and defendants, the City of Allentown and Frank Fischl, a city official, regarding the propriety of fluoridating the drinking water culminated in a “retaliatory, protracted, public dialogue, including defamatory accusations” leveled at plaintiff by defendants whose purpose was to “destroy [plaintiff’s] career in public health”. Plaintiff contends that defendant’s “retaliatory campaign” included false charges of “immorality or dishonesty”, cost…