DeLisa v. County of Bergen

In Higgins v. Pascack Valley Hospital, 158 N.J. 404, 408, 730 A.2d 327 (1999), the critical issue was “whether the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8, prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee who ‘blows the whistle’ on a co-employee.” We held that “[a]s long as a reasonable basis exists for a complaint about misconduct, whether of the employer or of a co-employee, the complaining employee should not be exposed to retaliation by the employer.” Higgins, supra, 158 N.J. at 425, 730 A.2d 327.

In this matter the complaining employee did not…