Legal Opinion
Evans v. Thomas Jefferson University
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 4, 2013PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1064OPINION BY
Senior Judge JAMES GARDNER COLINS.
This matter is an action brought under the Whistleblower Law1 by plaintiff Bernadette Evans (Evans) against her former employer, Thomas Jefferson University (TJU), and the program director of TJU’s addiction clinic where she worked, Mary Kate Vandegrift (Vandegrift) (collectively, Defendants). Evans alleged that TJU’s termination of her employment in November 2010 was in retaliation for a report that she made concerning Vandegrift in March or April 2010. She appeals from an order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (trial court)…
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