New Jersey is bristling over being hit with the costs of defending fired Department of Labor official Harry Pappas in a discrimination suit. The state says Pappas was acting outside the scope of his employment when he made off-color remarks about immigrants at a staff meeting, but an appellate court disagreed, leading to a confrontation at the state Supreme Court. It "sends a bad message" if state employees get free legal representation when violating policy, says the state's deputy attorney general.
January 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The New Jersey attorney general is bristling over being saddled with the costs of defending a fired Department of Labor official in a discrimination suit for his off-color ethnic remarks at a staff meeting.
Harry Pappas was acting outside the scope of his employment as special assistant to the labor commissioner when he called immigrants “wetbacks” and “boat-jumpers,” the state argues.
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