On August 26, 2022, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Crosbie v. Highmark Inc., F.4th (3d Cir. Aug. 26, 2022), holding that, an employee who makes a.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court has affirmed a lower district court’s decision, which granted summary judgment to three health care companies and dismissed an investigator’s lawsuit, over allegations he was terminated unfairly after uncovering allegedly fraudulent actions.
In a precedential ruling Friday, the Third Circuit upheld the dismissal of a former Highmark employee's lawsuit over his alleged retaliatory firing for whistleblowing, holding that his reporting of purported fraud at the company did not protect him from being terminated for harassment.