Town Manager Michael Driscoll responded to the suit filed against the town by a firefighter claiming he was wrongly passed over for promotion.
Watertown Town Manager Michael Driscoll released a statement about the suit filed against the town by a firefighter claiming he was unfairly passed over for promotion because he used his sick leave time to be with his wife while she was undergoing medical treatment. Driscoll noted that the Town recently won an appeal in a case filed with the Civil Service Commission by Carton alleging the same issue. Here is Driscoll's full statement: The Town has been informed that Scott Carton has filed a complaint against it in federal court as a result of the Town's selection of another firefighter instead of him for promotion to the rank of lieutenant. Given the pending nature of the litigation, the Town will not be commenting on the matter at this …
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The 13-year member of the department claims the town passed him over because he used approved sick days to be with his wife while she underwent medical treatment.
A Watertown firefighter has sued the town of Watertown in Boston Federal Court claiming that he was passed over twice for promotion because he used he Family and Medical Leave Act while his wife underwent medical treatment, according to court papers. Scott Carton, joined the fire department in July 1999, and in 2009 he took the civil service exam and applied for the lieutenant position. The suit claims he was passed over two times in 2011, despite having the third highest score, because of his use of the medical leave days. He filed the suit on Sept. 21, 2012, seeking a court order to require the town to promote him to lieutenant. Watertown Patch had not received any response from town officials for comment on the suit before the article …
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Marc
8:59 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012
Iris, it''s obvious youre defending the bastard because you're just like him and would do the same thing if you had the chance...Take your twisted knickers off... I'm sure ther'es more to this than meets the eye; and if you know so much then back up your position with facts not insults. If he's in the right he will prevail in court, if he isn't, he won't. For the record. I've never wanted to be a… more ›