Deliberations continue in trial over former HTA exec Isaac Choy’s firing
A jury is deliberating in the trial of former HTA executive Isaac Choy, who claims he was fired for whistleblowing, while the state maintains he was terminated for workplace misconduct.
A First Circuit Court jury is expected to return today for a second day of deliberations after hearing conflicting accounts of why former Hawai‘i Tourism Authority executive Isaac Choy lost his job with Choy’s attorney arguing he was retaliated against for whistleblowing and the state contending he was fired for workplace misconduct substantiated by an independent investigation.
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