Fiore v. Town of Whitestown, 125 A.D.3d 1527, 1529 (4th Dep’t 2015)
Feb 13, 2015OUTCOME: Won appeal - plaintiff moved for leave to appeal to court of appeals - motion denied and costs awarded to Town
Successfully defended appeal by probationary employee of dismissal of his claims after 12 year long litigation involving probationary police officer who sued Town and Police Commissioners in both feder ... al and state court for inter alia violation of his constitutional rights, defamation, intentional interference with contractual relations, prima facie tort; officer was discharged prior to expiration of one year probationary period for failure to perform as required by standards of department based on concern over encounter with female citizen in tanning salon where he identified himself as a police officer, made sexually inappropriate comments, displayed his weapon and had apparently exposed himself previously to the owner of the same tanning salon.