Judge Tosses Ex-Atlanta Water Worker's Whistleblower Suit
A Fulton County judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by a former Atlanta water department worker who said she was fired in retaliation for raising concerns that the city’s drinking water was at risk due to workers using the same equipment they used when working on the sewer system.
Terry Riggins, a former wastewater analyst and treatment operator for the city’s Department of Watershed Management, filed a whistleblower suit in November claiming she had been told that she could speak freely to city council members, only to be fired when superiors said her statements could cause “mass hysteria.”
Riggins’ suit sought $3 million in damages to her professional reputation and for other claims.
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