C.A. Partially Revives Whistleblower Suit Against Trash Company

The First District Court of Appeal yesterday reinstated portions of a suit by a former employee of San Francisco’s trash company, who claims he was fired for revealing that the company had received excessive payments from the state’s beverage container recycling program.  Justice Peter Siggins, writing for Div. Three, said Brian McVeigh presented a prima facie case that his former employer, Recology San Francisco, terminated him in violation of the whistleblower provisions of the California False Claims Act, of Labor Code Sec. 1102.5, and of fundamental public policy.