A ‘wall of secrecy’ that attorneys for the township of Montclair tried to erect in the Montclair CFO whistleblower case came tumbling down Tuesday.
In response to Judge Stephen Petrillo’s decision on the record on June 2, denying Montclair’s motion to seal and cross-motion to seal, Riker Danzig filed unredacted documents Tuesday morning, making public much of what attorney Derrick Freijomil of Riker Danzig had argued to seal, in an argument Petrillo had described as Kafkaesque.
Here is everything that was previously redacted that Montclair wanted CFO Padmaja Rao to be “walled of” from: (1) the New Jersey State Health Benefits Program and the implementation thereof, ; (2) the investigation and any report by and the retention and payment of O’Toole Scrivo; (3) the Fire Department investigation, including but not limited to the reports of the Affirmative Action Officer related thereto; (4) the Township Council’s Finance Subcommittee; (5) any and all investigations or 4 allegations of alleged workplace harassment, including but not limited to claims or statements given by anyone (e.g., Lee, Trembulak, and York) and any reports or analyses thereon (e.g., by the Township’s Affirmative Action Officer and/or Legal Department and/or by any outside retained counsel, such as the Lindabury firm); and (6) the Township’s consideration of its liability insurer (which is funding the defense of this action).
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