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petitioner filed an amended complaint (the amended complaint) in
the lawsuit and included two executives/employees of the
Meadowlands as co-defendants. The amended complaint advances
three causes of action: (1) Employment discrimination; (2)
reprisal against petitioner by the Meadowlands for filing the
lawsuit; and (3) violation of the New Jersey Conscientious
Employee Protection Act, N.J. Stat. Ann. 34:19-1 through 34:19-8
(West 2000), by the two named executives/employees of the
Meadowlands.
With respect to the first two causes of action, petitioner
sought: (1) Damages for lost earnings, including medical and
fringe benefits; (2) damages for mental and emotional distress;
(3) compensation for injury to petitioner’s professional stature
and loss of public esteem; (4) compensation for petitioner’s
reduced prospects of future employment; (5) reasonable attorney’s
fees and litigation costs; and (6) punitive damages. Petitioner
also sought compensatory and punitive damages for mental and
emotional distress with respect to the third cause of action.
According to petitioner, “the whole basis of the lawsuit” was
that he “felt [he] was being discriminated because [he] was going
to Gamblers Anonymous.”
Ultimately, the lawsuit was settled. James H. Lockwood
(Mr. Lockwood), the Meadowlands’ associate counsel and longtime
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