Supreme Court Says injured Horse Groomer Wasn't a Whistleblower

An injured stable worker who complained to nobody but his own employer about his employer's misconduct did not engage in protected whistleblowing activity and therefore cannot prevail in a retaliatory discharge claim, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled. "We hold that an employee must report an employer’s wrongdoing to someone other than the wrongdoer to qualify as a whistleblower, which may require reporting to an outside entity when the wrongdoer is the manager, owner, or highest ranking officer within the company," the court said Friday in its decision for Haynes v. F...