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I had a tort claim filed for my unlawful retaliatory demotion. Ten months later my former employer published libelous statements after I had been cleared of any wrongdoing in the case. Would this require a second tort claim or as it was part of the same case would the first one still cover it?

Already have ;) If there's no objection I can post a summary of the whole sorry saga.

As I said there's more to this story. The superior was a sergent at the time. After my suspension he was promoted to patrol commander, where he would be my immediate supervisor. Seeing the writing on the wall I quit. As for the union and attorneys. The police union only managed to get the...

I was a Detective at a New Mexico police department. A superior made a formal complaint against me which later led to my demotion from Detective to Officer and 8 days of unpaid suspension. The superior was also in charge of internal affairs. The chief of police assigned this superior to...