George Gombossy, the former business editor and consumer columnist for the Hartford Courant, has refiled his wrongful termination suit against the newspaper.
“But since the amended suit does not seek to expand any employee rights, fighting it will be an uphill battle. A judge must assume that all facts I or any plaintiff brings are true and that they can be proven. The judge’s ruling must solely focus on the law, whether it permits recourse against the employer based on the allegations.
“In my case, even though I was an at will employee for 40 years – which means I could be fired for almost any reason – my lawyer and I maintain that I could not be fired as the result of push-back from advertisers since I was given specific promises of protection from them.”
Read more here. Gombossy was the business editor for 12 years until the new executive editor fired him in 2006. When Gombossy fought back, they made him the consumer columnist. The paper then fired him last year after he allegedly upset some advertisers.
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