WATERBORO, Maine — A former school bus driver for Waterboro-based RSU 57 has sued the school district, claiming treatment at the hands of his supervisors violated his civil rights.
Trampas Staples is asking for his job back and unspecified monetary damages in the suit filed in York County Superior Court.
The Journal Tribune reports that Staples drove for the district from 1997 to June 2010, when he was fired.
He alleges in his suit that problems started in 2006 when he made statements critical of his supervisors’ work schedules. He was then required him to stay at work later than before, the complaint states.
He says his complaints about mistreatment were not adequately investigated and no opportunity was given for mediation.
Lawyers for the district had no comment.
Hmmm, so let me get this straight, this guy badmouths his bosses schedule, which is none of his business, they fire him, and he figures his civil rights have somehow been violated? Sounds like an obvious case of a desperate attempt at a money-grab. The RSU will wind up having to pay him off just to get rid of a frivilous lawsuit that would cost more to fight. What a shame for the taxpayers who will, one way or the other, have to foot the bill for this nonsense. In the unlikely event that it goes to court and he loses, he should be made to pay the RSU’s legal costs.
Sounds like someone wants to win the white trash lottery with a lawyer payout.
“He was then required him…”
Proofread, Bangor Daily, proofread.