Ex-social worker Eric Bahra will keep a $2.5 million payout from the county after he was fired for disclosing an issue with San Bernardino County’s child welfare practices, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Nov. 27.
“I think it’s important that employers recognize that when they retaliate against people who are working in the best interests of their community, there is a high price to pay,” said Bahra’s co-counsel, A. Cabral Bonner of Law Offices of Bonner & Bonner.
San Bernardino County Spokesperson David Wert has not yet replied to Follow Our Court’s request for comment.
Bahra filed his federal complaint Aug. 17, 2016.
