Legal Opinion
Dart v. Westall
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided July 23, 2018No. A-1-CA-34675PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VIGIL, Judge.
{1} The City of Farmington, Farmington Police Department (FPD), and FPD Chief Kyle Westall (collectively, Defendants), appeal *294 from a jury verdict awarding damages to Plaintiff Frank Dart, an FPD detective, under New Mexico's Whistleblower Protection Act (the WPA), NMSA 1978, §§ 10-16C-1 to -6 (2010). Plaintiff's WPA claim stemmed from his communication to Defendants that he believed Defendants were in violation of NMSA 1978, Section 32A-4-3 (2005) 1 by failing to promptly and immediately investigate reports of child abuse and neglect referred to FPD from the New Mexico Children,…
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