Whistleblower Protection

Mr. Sprague obtained a multi-million dollar judgment for a public employee wrongfully terminated in violation of the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law. The judgment was one of the largest in Pennsylvania history under the state’s whistleblower statute and made new law in the process. After prevailing at trial, Mr. Sprague successfully defended the verdict before Pennsylvania Supreme Court which, in a unanimous decision, confirmed that employees who are retaliated against for reporting significant waste or wrongdoing are entitled to recover not only their direct financial losses, but also non-economic losses such as embarrassment, humiliation, loss of reputation, and mental anguish. This was an issue of first impression for any appellate court in Pennsylvania, and the Supreme Court’s decision was a significant victory for whistleblowers in this Commonwealth.