A correctional department officer working on Rikers Island claims that he was unjustly let go following the death of an inmate. He has filed a lawsuit charging his boss with negligence, alleging the inmate had swallowed some bleach and that authorities denied him...
A recent ruling regarding the dismissal of a New Jersey police officer may be overturned based on two factors. One involves a medical board decision related to the lack of evidence that the officer was unfit for duty. The case has become quite controversial in the...
After just seven months on the job, a lawyer working for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was fired in 2012. There was no grace period, either. Her bosses simply told her that she wasn't trustworthy. Her phone was taken from her, and security officers for the...
The former treasurer of a school district in Syracuse claims he took the fall when the school superintendent authorized overspending on the yearly budget. According to one report, the school district end-of-year expense budget was over $11,000, but auditors claimed...
A fired county 911 director has filed an appeal for her termination and is demanding back pay. The claimant has stated she was a victim of wrongful termination and harassment by administrators on the job in events leading up to her being let go. Some county officials...
A former employee of a Long Island school district has filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination. The district claims he was dismissed for poor job performance, but the victim feels it was a retaliatory act resulting from his exposure of the district's widespread...
A federal judge dismissed a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former Brooklyn prosecutor, but also reprimanded the District Attorney for participating in a politically-charged conflict of interest case. The man had been working in the District Attorney's office...
Going though cancer treatment is no easy task, which is why its not uncommon for friends and family of cancer patients to provide all the support and encouragement they can. However, that's not the treatment one company executive received after telling colleagues she...
