City, Mayor Of Flint Seek Rehearing En Banc Of 6th Circuit's Whistleblower Ruling

CINCINNATI - The city of Flint, Mich., and its mayor, Karen Weaver, on Oct. 4 filed a petition for rehearing en banc with the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, seeking review of the split decision handed down by a panel, which ruled that a woman who became a whistleblower in the aftermath of the Flint water crisis has a valid claim for retaliation under the Michigan Whistleblowers Protection Act (WPA) (Natasha Henderson v. Flint, Mich., No. 17-2031, 6th Cir.).
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