Court Revives Whistleblower Claim for Alleged Workplace Poisoning

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a correctional officer who filed a police report claiming he had been poisoned at work could potentially qualify as a whistleblower, even though security footage showed no one had tampered with a beverage he had left unattended at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility. Case: Hall v. State, No. A156103, 10/21/2015, published. Facts: Timothy Hall worked at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility. After leaving a beverage unattended at the facility's visiting center, Hall claimed he discovered a partially dissolved pill in his drink. He showed the...