Case: Individual Employment Rights/Whistleblowing (D.C.)

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court order denying a motion to set aside a jury verdict that concluded information a terminated nurse for the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services disclosed to her superiors and the health department regarding the medical treatment that DYRS was providing to youths in its custody who allegedly were showing signs of tuberculosis didn’t constitute “protected disclosures” under the D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act. The nurse argued that the jury could not rationally have found that these disclosures of suspected tuberculosis were not “protected” under D.C. law as information evidencing a danger ...