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Meehan Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed

By K.C. Johnson

In the United States, anyone can file a lawsuit. But some are more brazen than others.In the ranks of people who violated procedures in the lacrosse case, only Mike Nifong exceeded DNA Security lab director Brian Meehan. Working in concert with Nifong, Meehan produced a ?report? that didn?t list all the results from his lab?s tests?in violation of state law and lab accreditation standards. That the withheld material just happened to be exculpatory was, apparently, just a coincidence.Then Meehan tried to bluff his way through the Dec. 15, 2006 court hearing, at first denying that he hadn?t reported all of the tests results, only to admit?under a brutal cross-examination from Brad Bannon?over and over and over again that he had done so. He even admitted that his company didn?t follow its own policies...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on March 21, 2010 (boomark / email).