May 15, 2015
The city of Somerset, Ky., has settled with a paramedic who filed suit claiming she was fired from her job for criticizing the mayor in a Facebook post. Crystal Norton was reinstated to her job and received nearly $26,000 in …
January 13, 2015
A federal appeals court has upheld the firing of a Greenville, Miss., police officer who alleged she was dismissed over comments posted on a social networking site. Former Sgt. Susan Graziosi was fired in 2012 after posting criticism on Facebook …
August 4, 2014
A former Greenville, Mississippi police officer wants a federal appeals court to reinstate her wrongful firing lawsuit against city. Oral arguments are Sept 3 before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Former Sgt. Susan Graziosi argues …
June 6, 2013
A secretary who says she was fired over a Facebook posting made from her home computer and on her own time is suing a West Virginia sheriff’s department for federal civil rights violations. Sonya Olako said she was fired last …
August 10, 2012
A former police officer claims in a lawsuit that Greenville, South Carolina officials violated her free speech rights by firing her over comments on a social networking site. The Delta Democrat Times reported that former Sgt. Susan Graziosi was fired …