Check out the latest publications from Helmer, Martins, Rice & Popham and find out how to purchase our books...
Find out more about the attorneys
at Helmer, Martins, Rice & Popham...
Read
more
about
the
Terms
and
Conditions
of
this
website...
Whistleblower Saves Co Worker from 800 Pound Polar Bear Type:
Whistleblower Protection
Our client, Leigh Ann Haynes,
a zookeeper, was wrongfully discharged by
the Zoological Society of Cincinnati. She
reported unsafe working conditions first
to superiors and then to federal authorities.
These unsafe working conditions led to a
polar bear attacking and biting off the
arm of Ms. Haynes’ co worker, Laurie
Stober. Ms. Haynes’ prompt and heroic
actions saved Ms. Stober from even more
devastating injury. Ms. Haynes brought the
first suit in history under the Ohio Whistleblowers
Statute. We won her case at trial, before
the Ohio Appellate Court and Ohio Supreme
Court.
Case: Haynes v. Zoological Society of Cincinnati Case No. A9005160 (S.D. Ohio)