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Whistleblower was offered $5,000, recovered $3,000,000
January 26, 2008 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
According to the lawyer for Nancy Olipares, the employer's lawyer offered no more than $5,000 to settle her whistleblower claim. Olipares' lawyer had offered to settle for $75,000.
A jury said it was worth more than $3,000,000.
Source: Honolulu jury awards $3M to city ex-official, in The Honolulu Advertiser.
I heard about this from Michael Fox, of course. He has a thing for million dollar verdicts. MDV in the Aloha State from Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer.
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