Walsh v. Town of Millinocket

[¶ 1] In this case, a jury has found, twice, that a Town Councilor exhibited discriminatory animus towards Mary Walsh because she had engaged in statutorily-protected conduct, and that this discriminatory animus was a cause or a motivating factor for the Millinocket Town Council’s decision to eliminate Mary Walsh’s position and thus terminate her employment with the Town. Walsh contends that discriminatory animus expressed by one member of the Town Council can be found to be a cause or a motivating factor for an adverse employment action approved by a vote of a Town Council. The Town contends…