Legal Opinion
Bishop v. Bell Atlantic Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 9, 2002No. 01-1866, 01-1903 and 01-2488PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant David C. Bishop brought numerous claims of unlawful retaliation against his employer, defendant-appellant/cross-appellee Bell Atlantic Corporation, under the Maine Whistleblower’s Protection Act, 26 M.R.S.A. § 831 et seq. (MWPA), and the Maine Human Rights Act, 5 M.R.S.A. § 4572 (MHRA). A jury found in Bishop’s favor on three of the six claims of retaliation that went to trial. Bell Atlantic contends that Bishop neither exhausted his administrative remedies nor established a prima facie case of retaliation as to any of the three…
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