Former sanitation district employees say general manager defamed them – $155,000 Settlement 
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Published: May 9, 2011
Tags: Defamation, Virginia Beach Circuit Court
Two former employees of the Hampton Roads Sanitation District alleged that they were defamed by statements the general manger of the district made to the media after disclosure that a new computer system had resulted in artificially high bills in 2008.
Their claims were settled through mediation approximately two weeks before trial. In addition to a ...
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