Demoted worker wins whistleblower lawsuit

Mark Holmes didn't win a huge award in his whistleblower case but, as the Naples (Florida) News put it, "it sure beats cleaning toilets." Holmes, a Collier County EMS Medflight pilot, was awarded $70,000 by a federal jury on his claim that he was demoted to latrine and other menial duties after complaining to county officials about workplace safety, maintenance and management in 2007. He alleged