Defendant's Attorney: Knoxville, Tennessee employment law lawyers represented the Defendant.

Description: Knoxville, Tennessee employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant a civil rights violation theory.

Plaintiff filed this action pursuant to the anti-retaliation whistleblower protection provision of the Taxpayer First Act (“TFA”), 26 U.S.C. § 7623(d)(2)(A)(ii); the Tennessee Public Protection Act (“TPPA”), Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-304; and Tennessee common law [Doc. 1 ¶¶ 1 & 9]. Plaintiff generally alleges that in light of Gene Gammon’s declining health, Defendants Grazyna Gammons and Kelley Patten engaged in illegal activity by submitting false expense reports and using Adroit Medical Systems, Inc’s funds for personal items Plaintiff reported these activities to law enforcement authorities in 2019 and in early 2020 and was advised to file an emergency conservatorship to protect his father and Adroit. On March 5, 2020, Plaintiff filed a petition for a conservator to act in Mr. Gammons’s corporate capacity and majority shareholder of Adroit [Id. ¶ 38]. The petition detailed Plaintiff’s reports to state and federal authorities. The court granted a limited conservatorship appointing Plaintiff as his father’s emergency conservator to exercise Mr. Gammons’s corporate capacity and president and majority shareholder of Adroit. On March 10, 2020, the court conducted a hearing on the conservatorship, and the court dismissed the petition. Subsequently, on March 11, 2020, Adroit’s shareholders conducted a special meeting and removed Plaintiff from the board of directors. On March 12, 2020, Ms. Gammons and Mr. Gammons sent a jointly signed letter terminating Plaintiff. Plaintiff filed his Complaint on May 5, 2021.

Outcome: Notice of Appeal, filed by Scott E. Gammons. IN CONSIDERATION THEREOF, it is ORDERED that the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. Mandate to issue. (JBR) Modified text on 1/22/2024 (JBR). (Entered: 01/22/2024)

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