Fired Coach Sues Northern California Diocese

February 22, 2013Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

A former Catholic high school coach is suing the Diocese of Sacramento in Northern California claiming he was fired in retaliation for reporting sexual hazing by his players.

Officials at Vallejo’s St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School said earlier this month that 50-year-old head football coach Chris Cerbone was fired because varsity players exposed their genitals to harass six younger teammates.

Cerbone filed a wrongful termination suit on Wednesday in Sacramento County Superior Court saying he was trying to protect students by reporting the incidents to school administrators.

But the lawsuit says principal Mary Ellen Ryan fired Cerbone, saying he was to blame for failing to supervise his players.

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Fired Nurse Sues Oregon Hospital For $250K

December 21, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

A registered nurse who worked for three months at a Bend, Ore., hospital has sued for $250,000, contending she was fired for reporting the misdeeds of co-workers.

The Bend Bulletin reported that according to the Circuit Court lawsuit, Sonia Anderson experienced problems from the start of her time at St. Charles Bend.

In one instance, her lawsuit says she described a male patient’s wound as caused by friction from bedsheets. Anderson says a co-worker said she would characterize the wound as a pressure ulcer so the hospital could get Medicare approval to pay for a special bed. Anderson informed her manager, saying she believed that approach to be Medicare fraud.

In another case, Anderson told a manager that a newly hired employee was cutting away dead tissue from wounds without certification.

The lawsuit says Anderson was fired for “poor communication and team interaction skills.”

St. Charles spokeswoman Lisa Goodman declined to comment on pending litigation.

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Fired Employee Sues School District In Oregon

October 12, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

The former business services manager for the Central Point School District in Oregon has filed a $1.4 million lawsuit against the district, alleging she was wrongfully fired.

Vicki Robinson’s court documents state she was let go last year because the school board had been biased against her for years and the superintendent feared he would lose his job if he didn’t fire her.

The school district states it fired Robinson because of poor business practices, including a $1.5 million budgeting error in 2011.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Medford.

The Mail Tribune newspaper reported that lengthy depositions reveal years of animosity between Robinson and board members, with some holding Robinson responsible for another employee’s alleged embezzlement in 2009 that may have led to that employee’s suicide.

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Highmark CEO Fired After Assault Charges

‘s profit for the year, the company said today on a conference call. Without that benefit, Highmark would have reported profit of $320.7 million, a 30 percent decline from its 2010 profit of $462.5 million. Nanette DeTurk, Highmark

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