Targa Resources LLC must pay a former employee more than $150,000 for damages and lost wages after a federal appeals court affirmed a finding that the company fired him in retaliation for environmental whistleblowing.
Kirk Menard was employed by Targa as an environmental safety & health specialist at its facility in Venice, La. from June 11, 2018, until his termination on Oct. 11, 2018. He alleged that the natural gas infrastructure company violated the Louisiana Environmental Whistleblower Statute by discharging him after he refused, and reported, a manager’s directive to dilute sewage samples to conceal the fact that the total ...
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