Attorney's Whistleblower Suit Against SFPD Chief Suhr Will Proceed to Trial
OAKLAND, Calif., March 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer release the following: On March 19, 2015, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ernest Goldsmith denied the City and County of San Francisco's attempt to dismiss the case against SFPD Chief Greg Suhr, and the City and County of San Francisco, holding that a jury should decide whether the former SFPD attorney, Kelly O'Haire, was fired by Chief Suhr in retaliation for her work on his prior discipline cases and for reporting that he had violated the Penal code when he failed to immediately report and make an arrest in a domestic violence incident.
O'Haire, a former internal affairs attorney for SFPD, sued Chief Suhr and the City and County of San Francisco for whistleblower retaliation. She also sued Chief Suhr personally for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Chief Suhr terminated O'Haire three weeks after he became the Chief of Police citing budgetary reasons. O'Haire's supervisor in the Internal Affairs Legal Division was also fired at the same time. O'Haire had previously handled disciplinary actions against Suhr that could have resulted in termination. His attorneys in one of the cases threatened O'Haire that "she didn't know how this city worked" and if Suhr became Chief her prosecution of him would be "an employment problem for her." Others in the Police Officer's Association informed O'Haire that Chief Suhr would "take her out" when he became Chief.
O'Haire's attorney, Jayme L. Walker, of Oakland firm Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer said, "Chief Suhr sent a clear message when he fired Kelly O'Haire and that message was that whistleblowers would not be tolerated in the SFPD."
SOURCE The Law Firm of Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer
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