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untanglingwebs
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Whistleblower Protection Act Case settled on December 9, 2010 for $250,000. Attorney Tom R. Pabst
Ray Barker v. Genesee County, Genesee County Community Action resource Department, and Steve Walker
Genesee County Circuit Court 09-92766-CL Judge Richard Yuille
Injuries alleged: loss of job, mental anguish, emotional distress and outrage
key to winning: Disprovong defendants alleged proffered business reasons and defenses with the testimony of their own employees and with their own documents.
In 2009 Genesee County Community Action Resource Department obtained grant money from the government to weatherize some older homes of relatively poor people throughout Genesee County by blowing insulation into their attics.
When Plaintiff, Ray Barker ll, who was employed by this department, observed first hand how Genesee County was weatherizing these homes, he became scared for his co-workers, and especially for the public. Why? He knew from first hand experience that the vermiculite and Zonolit (asbestos) in many of these older homes was dangerous in and of itself. He saw Defendants not taking the proper precautions, and making a dangerous situation toxic.
Barker courageously spoke up about the dangers to his crew leaders, even taking it upon himself to research the dangers of asbestos poisoning on his own time. Upon providing this research to his crew leaders, he was met with callous disregard- one crew leader shredding the research during a meeting in front of other employees, while another balled the documents up and threw them on the ground.
For his courageous efforts to protect his co-workers and the public from the hazards of asbestos poisoning, and despite receiving more than one excellent written evaluation, Barker was eventually fired, and branded
"uncoachable" by Defendents.
Defendants were later caught lying about the reasons Barker was fired.
Recently, this case was independently mediated by Judge Geoffrey Neithercutt, james Wascha, and Patrick O'callahan for $250,000 and settled. |
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Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:30 pm |
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00SL2
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IMO those irresponsible parties at GCCARD should be fired, and all actions, activities and work provided should be fully audited. Maybe those in charge should also be fully licensed and bonded as well, if they're not already.
Isn't it ironic that we're paying a senior millage, the sheriff has a special unit to go after those taking advantage of senior citizens; and then a county agency acts to deceive? |
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Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:56 pm |
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FlintCityMole
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| I apologize for not being able to post but I was scared that someone had realized who I was. I have had numerous reviews as of late and audits. The administration has been spying on employees computers. Also, the administation has blocked numerous content from being accessed at city hall. I will say that you will see another whistle blower lawsuit soon. |
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Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:06 pm |
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Dave Starr
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| So, when will the statue of Iron Feliks be placed in front of City Hall? Or, is it the Gestapo rather than the Cheka there? |
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Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:36 am |
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untanglingwebs
El Supremo
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| This is not the first time GCARD has violated safety rules and laws. In 1992 and 1993 (then GCCAA) sprayed a dairy spray for cattle barns in their USDA commodity building with employees and commodities in the building/. |
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Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:04 am |
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untanglingwebs
El Supremo
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| The Flint Journal finally posted the story! |
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Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:15 pm |
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