Middletown, Ohio is denied summary judgment on a former water treatment division employee’s claim that he was fired in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights, a federal district court in Ohio ruled. The employee spoke to his supervisors about his concern that the plant operators weren’t properly trained, ordered lime and accused his supervisors of negligently allowing the plan’s lime supply to become depleted, contacted the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to discuss log reports about water quality, and emailed a supervisor to remind him of the department’s obligation to send water test notifications to residents. The court concluded that ...
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