- A federal jury in Asheville has found the North Carolina State Highway Patrol guilty of retaliation in the case of a state trooper who was fired after raising concerns about mandatory COVID testing.
- The jury verdict Tuesday included an award of $500,000 in damages for plaintiff Jonathan Daniel Williams.
- The case went to trial this week after Chief US District Judge Martin Reidinger ruled in January that Williams could move forward with his retaliation claims. Reidinger threw out the rest of Williams’ complaint.
A federal jury has found the North Carolina Highway Patrol guilty of retaliation in the case of a state trooper who was fired after raising concerns about mandatory COVID testing.
The jury verdict Tuesday in Asheville included an award of $500,000 in damages for plaintiff Jonathan Daniel Williams.
The case went to trial this week after Chief US District Judge Martin Reidinger ruled in January that the retaliation claim in Williams’ lawsuit could move forward. Reidinger threw out other claims Williams made against the state Department of Public Safety and five Highway Patrol supervisors…