Whistleblower Harrington v. Aggregate Industries-Northeast Region, Inc., 668 F.3d 25 (2012)
Jan 01, 2012OUTCOME: over $100,000 awarded to plaintiff
“Big Dig Retaliation” case. Shortly after alleging that his employer was using substandard concrete on the Big Dig project, our client was subjected to various retaliatory actions culminating in discha ... rge. The temporal proximity between these retaliatory actions and our client’s execution of a settlement agreement regarding the Big Dig claims created, in the Court’s words, “a reasonable inference that the appellant was terminated for retaliatory reasons.”
