Jury awards former HTA executive Isaac Choy $500K
A jury awarded former Hawaii Tourism Authority executive Isaac Choy $500,000 after finding he was wrongfully terminated and subjected to whistleblower retaliation. The award includes punitive damages against Gov. Josh Green’s Chief of Staff, Brooke Wilson.
A First Circuit Court jury on Tuesday found that former Hawai‘i Tourism Authority executive Isaac Choy was subjected to whistleblower retaliation and wrongfully placed on unpaid leave and later terminated from his job, awarding him more than $500,000 in damages, including punitive damages against Gov. Josh Green’s Chief of Staff Brooke Wilson.
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