SCHLEAR v. FIBER MATERIALS, INC.


574 A.2d 876 (1990)

Mary Ann SCHLEAR v. FIBER MATERIALS, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard O. Fournier (orally), Elliott L. Epstein, Isaacson & Raymond, Lewiston, for plaintiff.

Thomas Getchell (orally), Daniel B. Wyman, Richardson & Troubh, Portland, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In this action for wrongful discharge brought by plaintiff Mary Ann Schlear pursuant to the Maine Whistleblowers' Protection Act, 26 M.R.S.A. §§ 831-840 (Pamph. 1987), the Superior Court (Oxford County, Bradford, J.) awarded Schlear both damages and attorney fees. On the appeal of her former employer, Fiber Materials, Inc., we affirm.

Until her discharge in August 1987, Schlear was employed as a production worker at...

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