Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
Government
Oct. 15, 2019
Engineer was fired for revealing safety violations, attorney says
A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said facility management retaliated against him after he reported safety concerns.
A nuclear weapons engineer who claimed he was fired for disclosing safety violations at the national research laboratory in Livermore is arguing the government has a duty to protect whistleblowers like himself.
According to an attorney representing the plaintiff, Anthony Rivera, while admitting he was fired in retaliation for making safety complaints, a Department of Energy hearing judge improperly dismissed his case.
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