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Whistleblower Files Lawsuit Against Former Employer Carnival Cruise Lines.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2002
By Ina Paiva Cordle, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 26--Carnival Cruise Lines' former top environmental compliance officer sued the parent company Wednesday, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated for opposing safety violations and for testifying in a federal case against the Miami cruise operator.
The lawsuit, filed by James P. Walsh under the Whistleblower Act, alleges that Carnival Corp. ignored his reports of environmental and safety violations for years, then fired him the same day the U.S. attorney's office announced that Carnival had pleaded guilty to falsifying environmental records. Filed in Broward Circuit Court, the suit seeks more than $15,000 in damages, including back wages and attorney's fees....
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