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LEXINGTON: Former County Attorney Prevails in suit against her for retaliatory discharge of employee - it was poor performance

By Michael Stevens

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From Herald Leader:Jury rules in favor of KannensohnBy Steve Lannen - slannen@herald-leader.comFayette County jurors Thursday decided that the reason behind former county attorney Margaret Kannensohn's firing of her longtime assistant was poor performance, not retaliation.In a whistle-blower lawsuit, Wanda Brown alleged she was fired in February 2005, shortly after she went to authorities with her suspicions that Kannensohn wrongly billed for child-support reimbursements when she didn't perform the work.Current Fayette County Attorney Larry Roberts said he was pleased with the verdict. "I never had any doubt about it, but it was very traumatic for Margaret to go through this. They were alleging things that weren't true, and we proved they weren't true." * * *

Full post as published by Kentucky Law Blog on March 05, 2009 (boomark / email).

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