Morristown Daily Record
DOVER Three former employees are suing the town and its current administration for unlawful termination and harassment because they supported the previous mayor, who lost the 2019 election, the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, says plaintiffs Ana Maria Amin and Sharon Wagner were terminated from their roles because of their public support of former Mayor James Dodd during the town s tense 2019 mayoral election. Michelle Espada is also listed as a plaintiff and alleges that Mayor Carolyn Blackman and the Board of Aldermen created a hostile work environment to force her to resign. Defendants willfully and recklessly took adverse employment action against Plaintiffs in order to deny Plaintiffs their First Amendment right to free speech and association, reads the lawsuit, filed in November. Defendants’ actions were to penalize and retaliate against Plaintiffs for their exercise of fundamental First Amendment rig