Legal Opinion
Schlear v. Fiber Materials, Inc.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 4, 1990PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
In this action for wrongful discharge brought by plaintiff Mary Ann Schlear pursuant to the Maine Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, 26 M.R.S.A. §§ 831-840 (Pamph. 1987), the Superior Court (Oxford County, Bradford, J.) awarded Schlear both damages and attorney fees. On the appeal of her former employer, Fiber Materials, Inc., we affirm.
Until her discharge in August 1987, Schlear was employed as a production worker at Fiber Materials’ Rumford plant. In response to her discharge, Schlear in November 1987 filed a two-count complaint against her former employer. In the first…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Batchelder v. TweedieSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- Michaud v. Northern Maine Medical CenterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- State v. MylonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Langley v. Home Indemnity CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
- Sutherland v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Riley v. Bath Iron Works Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
- Tripp v. ColeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Costain v. Sunbury Primary Care, P.A.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2008
- Tompkins v. Wade & Searway Construction Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
- Demello v. Department of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
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