O'ROURKE v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAYLOR, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court dismissing Appellant William H. O’Rourke’s petition for review under Pennsylvania’s Whistleblower Law. The primary question presented is whether adverse personnel action taken against an employee of a public body as a direct result of his filing of a good-faith report of wrongdoing or waste violates the Whistleblower Law, although the employer did not harbor a retaliatory motive.
Appellant, William O’Rourke (“O’Rourke”), has been employed by Appellee, The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (the…
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