Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Granite Bay Care, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 13, 2016No. 14-1988PPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to, once again, interpret and apply Maine’s Whistleblower Protection Act, Me.Rev.Stat. tit. 26, § 833. Appellant Torrey Harrison (“Harrison”), a social worker, wants to be able to tell a jury that appellee Granite Bay Care, Inc. (“Granite Bay”) illegally fired her in violation of that statute. Her theory is Granite' Bay was getting back at her for reporting what she considered to be violations of state employment law to her supervisor and, later, to Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”). She found herself stymied when, relying…
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