Legal Opinion
Formella v. United States Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 10, 2010No. 09-2296PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Truck driver Donald J. Formella was fired by Schnidt Cartage, Inc. (“Schnidt”) after he raised safety concerns about the truck that Schnidt had assigned him to drive. Formella filed a complaint with the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) alleging that Schnidt fired him in retaliation for his safety-related complaints, in violation of Section 405 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, P.L. No. 97-424, 96 S. Stat. 2097 (Jan. 6, 1983) (“STAA”). See 49 U.S.C. § 31105. An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) found that…
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