Attorney general appeals $1.2 million whistleblower verdict
FOIFT2014-06-24T14:20:55-05:00By Edgar Walters The Texas Tribune Originally published June 24, 2014 The office of Attorney General Greg Abbott— the Republican gubernatorial candidate — is appealing a whistleblower's lawsuit and $1.2 million verdict, arguing that an El Paso jury was wrong when it decided that the agency fired an employee in retaliation for alerting supervisors to internal wrongdoing. The jury awarded damages last year to Laura Rodriguez, a veteran employee of the agency who argued that she was fired after blowing the whistle on alleged insurance fraud by a coworker. Abbott’s office says there is a “complete lack of evidence” that she was [...]