Santina Caruso v. The Jackson Laboratory

[¶ 1] Santina Caruso appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Hancock County, Cuddy, J.) after a jury found for The Jackson Laboratory on her claims that the Laboratory had terminated her employment in violation of the Whis-tleblowers’ Protection Act (WPA). See 26 M.R.S. §§ 831, 833(1)(A) (2013). Caruso argues that the court erred by instructing the jury that it could find that Caruso had met her burden of proving causation only if it determined that “the employee’s whistleblowing activities ... made a substantial difference in determining whether she was to be retained or…