USDOL/OALJ Reporter: Whistleblower Decisions
ENERGY REORGANIZATION ACT 2010, 2011 and 2012-ERA

2010-ERA-1 Neal v. . Entergy Operations, Inc.

  • Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Dismissing Complaints With Prejudice (ALJ Apr. 13, 2010) (Calianos) PDF

2010-ERA-2 Paynes v. Entergy Operations, Inc.

  • Decision & Order of Dismissal (ALJ Nov. 24, 2009) (Avery) PDF |

2010-ERA-3 Pintado v. St. Joseph Regional Medical Center

  • Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ALJ Mar. 17, 2010) (Chapman) PDF |

2010-ERA-4 Lally v. Tyco Electronics

  • Decision & Order Granting Summary Decision (ALJ May 10, 2010) (Berlin) PDF |

2010-ERA-5 Machado v. Washington Closure Hanford, LLC

  • Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing With Prejudice (ALJ Apr. 9, 2010) (Berlin) PDF |

2010-ERA-6 Rutkowski v. Exelon Energy

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement & Order of Dismissal With Prejudice (ALJ Feb. 16, 2010) (Romano) PDF

2010-ERA-7 Simon v. Exelon Nuclear Security, LLC

  • Decision and Order Denying Complaint (ALJ Sept. 3, 2013) (Johnson) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order Approving Settlement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Nov. 22, 2013) PDF | HTM

2010-ERA-8 Gladieux v. Nucscale Power, Inc.

  • Order Approving Settlement (ALJ Dec. 15, 2010) (Pulver) PDF |

2010-ERA-9 Wetherell v. Louisiana Energy Service

  • Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Dismissing With Prejudice (ALJ May 19, 2011) (Price) PDF |

2010-ERA-10 Saporito v. FPL Group, Inc.

  • Summary Decision & Order (ALJ June 16, 2010) (Tureck) PDF |
  • Final Decision and Order Dismissing Complaint (ARB June 29, 2011) PDF | HTM

2010-ERA-11 Hoffman v. Nextera Energy Inc./Florida Power & Light Co.

  • Decision and Order - Dismissal of Nextera Energy, Inc. As a Respondent & Dismissal of Complaint (ALJ Mar. 27, 2012) (Stansell-Gamm) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Nov. 21, 2013) PDF | HTM
  • Amended Final Decision and Order (ARB Dec. 17, 2013) PDF | HTM
  • Order Vacating Final Decision and Order (ARB Dec. 18, 2013) PDF | HTM

2010-ERA-12 Saporito v. Exelon Generation

  • Decision and Order Granting Respondent's Motion for Summary Decision and Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Jan. 10, 2012) (Lakes) PDF |
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Aug. 22, 2013) PDF | HTM

2011-ERA-1 Kick v. Indiana Michigan Power Co.

  • Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Dismissing With Prejudice (ALJ Feb. 23, 2011) (Lesniak) PDF

2011-ERA-2 Maxwell v. Nebraska Public Power District

  • Decision and Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ALJ Oct. 5, 2011) (Calianos) PDF

2011-ERA-3 Maxwell v. Entergy Nuclear Nebraska

  • Decision and Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ALJ Oct. 5, 2011) (Calianos) PDF

2011-ERA-4 Busnardo v. Southern California Edison Co.

  • Order Approving Settlement (ALJ May 10, 2012) (Pulver) PDF

2011-ERA-5 Mason v. Southern California Edison Co.

  • Order Approving Settlement (ALJ May 10, 2012) (Pulver) PDF |

2011-ERA-6 Saporito v. Progress Energy and Progress Energy Florida

  • Order Dismissing Complaint Pursuant to FRCP Rule 12(b)(6) and Order Cancelling Scheduled Hearing (ALJ Mar. 10, 2011) (Bergstrom) PDF |
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Nov. 17, 2011) PDF | HTM
  • Order of Dismissal (ALJ Mar. 26, 2012) PDF |

2011-ERA-7 Saporito v. Nextera Energy and Florida Power and Light

  • Decision and order - Dismissing Complaint and Cancelling Scheduled Hearing (ALJ Mar. 9, 2011) (Bergstrom) PDF |

2011-ERA-8 Saporito v. Exelon Generation and Exelon Nuclear

  • Order Denying Request for Hearing (ALJ Apr. 12, 2011) (Purcell) PDF |

2011-ERA-9 Fahey v. Rebecca Blank, Acting Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Commerce

  • Decision and Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ALJ Oct. 12, 2011) (Chapman) PDF |

2011-ERA-10 Rice v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Order Granting Motion to Withdraw Objection with Prejudice (ALJ May 2, 2012) (Calianos) PDF |

2011-ERA-11 Jones v. Bechtel Jacobs Co., Inc.

  • Decision and Order Granting Respondent's Motion for Summary Decision and Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Aug. 28, 2012) (Malamphy) PDF |

2011-ERA-12 Sams v. CSC, d/b/a Advancemed Hanford (AMH)

  • Order Dismissing Matter (ALJ Nov. 3, 2011) (Clark) (Complainant elected to file in federal district court) PDF |

2011-ERA-13 Brown v. Eastern Idaho Technical College

  • Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ALJ Mar. 5, 2013) (Dorsey) PDF

2012-ERA-1 Erickson v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4

  • Decision and Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Dismissing Complaints (ALJ Mar. 18, 2016) (Lakes) PDF

2012-ERA-2 Nelson v. Energy Northwest

  • Decision and Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ June 24, 2013) (Pulver) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Sept. 30, 2015) PDF
  • Nelson v. United States DOL , 706 Fed. Appx. 343 (9th Cir. Dec. 12, 2017) (unpublished) (No. 15-73548) (2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 25079; 2017 WL 6330873) (case below ARB No. 13-075; ALJ No. 2012-ERA-2) (Memorandum [affirming ARB]) PDF

2012-ERA-3 Hasan v. Enercon Services, Inc.

  • Order on Respondent's Motion to Dismissal (ALJ Apr. 10, 2012) (Rosenow) PDF |
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Aug. 20, 2013) PDF | HTM
  • Hasan v. USDOL , No. 13-3998 (3rd Cir. June 13, 2014) (per curiam) (unpublished) (2014 WL 2624794) PDF

2012-ERA-4 Coulter v. G.K. Enterprises

  • Decision and Order (ALJ Mar. 4, 2014) (Johnson) PDF

2012-ERA-5 McCarthy v. Nextera Energy Seabrook, LLC

  • Order Granting Motion to Withdraw Objection with Prejudice (ALJ May 1, 2012) (Calianos) PDF

2012-ERA-6 Castro v. Southern California Edison/Williams Global Services, Inc.

  • Decision and Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ June 13, 2013) (Pulver) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Sept. 12, 2013) PDF | HTM

2012-ERA-7 Loksen v. Columbia University

  • Final Order Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ALJ Mar. 19, 2014) (Odegard) PDF

2012-ERA-8 Friedman v. Columbia University

  • Order of Dismissal of Complaint (ALJ July 11, 2012) (Romano) PDF |
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Nov. 25, 2013) PDF | HTM
  • Order Denying Reconsideration (ARB Jan. 22, 2014) PDF | HTM
  • Appeal filed, Friedman v. USDOL, Administrative Review Bd. , No. 14-810 (2d Cir.)

2012-ERA-9 McGowan v. Bechtel National, Inc.

  • Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ July 16, 2012) (Pulver) PDF |
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Feb. 28, 2014) PDF
  • Decision and Order Granting Bechtel's Motion for Summary Decision (ALJ Feb. 23, 2016) (Berlin) PDF

2012-ERA-10 Fleming v. Alberici Constructors, Inc.

  • Decision and Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Order Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ALJ Aug. 29, 2012) (Bergstrom) PDF

2012-ERA-11 Powell v. Southern Nuclear Operating Co.

  • Decision and Order Granting Respondent's Motion for Summary Decision and Dismissing Complaint with Prejudice (ALJ Jan. 7, 2013) (Sarno) PDF

2012-ERA-12 Searle v. UT-Batelle, LLC

  • Decision and Order (ALJ Aug. 26, 2015) (Rosen) PDF

2012-ERA-13 Nadeau v. Tennessee Valley Authority

  • Decision and Order Approving Settlement and Order Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice and Order Cancelling Scheduled Hearing (ALJ Dec. 14, 2012) (Bergstrom) PDF

2012-ERA-14 Bricker v. Washington River Protection Solutions

  • Order Approving Settlement (ALJ Jan. 14, 2015) (Clark) PDF

2012-ERA-15 Kelly v. United States Enrichment Corp.

  • Decision and Order Granting Respondent's Motion fo Summary Decision and Dismissing Complaint (ALJ May 8, 2013) (Kane) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order Dismissing Appeal (ARB Aug. 9, 2013) PDF | HTM

2012-ERA-16 Erickson v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4

  • Decision and Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Dismissing Complaints (ALJ Mar. 18, 2016) (Lakes) PDF

2012-ERA-17 Armstrong v. Flowserve US, Inc.

  • Decision and Order Granting Respondent's Motion for Summary Decision and Dismissing the Complaint (ALJ Jan. 15, 2015) (Bergstrom) PDF
  • Decision and Order of Remand (ARB Sept. 14, 2016) PDF (slip op.)
  • Order Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ALJ June 14, 2017) PDF

2012-ERA-18 West v. The Atlantic Group, Inc.

  • Decision and Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Order Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ALJ Jan. 15, 2015) (Rosen) PDF