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PITTSBURGH – A wrongful termination suit from a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River has settled litigation with the West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority and other entities.
Perry Payne first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Aug. 11 versus West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority and West Elizabeth Borough, Union Township of Finleyville and the Borough of Jefferson Hills.
“Plaintiff began working for WESA in June 2013. In September 2019, WESA was in the process of trying to get a new processing treatment plant online. Around this time, the old plant was still online and it developed a processing issue. Plaintiff did everything he could to address and correct this processing issue, but it continued until about mid-January 2020,” Payne said.
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Engineer Says Pa. Sewage Plant Whistleblower Defamed Him
Law360 (January 6, 2021, 6:35 PM EST) An engineering consultant for a Pittsburgh-area sewage authority said a whistleblower s lawsuit falsely claimed he ordered changes at a treatment plant that resulted in sewage overflowing into the Monongahela River, according to a defamation suit the engineer filed in Pennsylvania state court.
Lawrence J. Lennon of Lennon Engineering Consultants Inc. said former West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority worker Perry Payne harmed Lennon s personal and professional reputation with a lawsuit claiming the engineer told him to shut down two holding tanks at the treatment plant despite the risk that subsequent rainfall could cause the remaining tanks to overflow and spill sewage into the.
Monongahela River
PITTSBURGH – A wrongful termination suit from a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River is the burden of the West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority, according to Union Township.
Perry Payne first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Aug. 11 versus West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority and West Elizabeth Borough, Union Township of Finleyville and the Borough of Jefferson Hills.
“Plaintiff began working for WESA in June 2013. In September 2019, WESA was in the process of trying to get a new processing treatment plant online. Around this time, the old plant was still online and it developed a processing issue. Plaintiff did everything he could to address and correct this processing issue, but it continued until about mid-January 2020,” Payne said.