(heroic orchestral-percussive music) - I am Paris Jackson of The Crosscut KCTS 9 Newsroom.
$1.2 million as well as attorney's fees.
That's how much a King County judge recently awarded a whistleblower, who filed a lawsuit for safety lapses against Sound Transit.
The former Sound Transit employee David Hopple reached a settlement with the agency according to his attorney.
In the lawsuit, Hoppel alleged the agency did not protect him from retaliation, after he filed a 2019 complaint over safety concerns.
According to court documents, these included a work order being closed before it was completed, which contributed to a fire at a substation, as well as employees not documenting maintenance work properly.
An investigation initiated by Sound Transit later validated some of Hopple's complaints.
David Hopple's attorney says the settlement is confidential.
It did not provide specifics.
Sound Transit also declined to provide Crosscut with the details.
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