Ex-Pipe Fitter Gets $270K in Whistleblower Settlement With John Deere

A former pipe fitter for John Deere will receive $204,315 in back wages and front pay, and $70,685 in damages under the terms of a whistleblower lawsuit settlement, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced on Thursday. The lawsuit was filed in July 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. It alleged that the pipe fitter was fired from John Deere's Moline, Illinois, location in June 2012 after reporting unsafe working conditions and filing a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after managers ignored his repo...