context: But Armstrong's defamation claim arises from allegations .that defendants (1) wrongfully terminated his employment; (2) refused to let him return to work; (3) made defamatory remarks about him to the media; and (4) sent out an email threatening to terminate the employment of any WDEQ employees who speak to him. Even assuming that defendants undertook these actions in response to Armstrong's decision to report what he viewed as the illegal permitting of the landfill, Armstrong makes no- effort to explain whether or how defendants were "acting within the scope of their duties in the operation" of the landfill when they allegedly defamed him. SS l-39-108(a) (emphasis added).
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 145 P.3d 1274, 1278, 1280
citation_a.parenthetical: defining term "operation" and concluding that SS 1-39-108 "waives immunity for negligence in keeping the public utility operable or functional"
citation_a.sentence: See City of Torrington v. Cottier, 145 P.3d 1274, 1278, 1280 (Wyo. 2006) (defining term “operation” and concluding that § 1-39-108 “waives immunity for negligence in keeping the public utility operable or functional”); see also Sinclair v. City of Gillette, 270 P.3d 644, 646, 648 (Wyo. 2012) (holding that city’s “negligence in determining the legal status of [plaintiffs’] property” wasn’t “negligence in the operation of the storm drain” that city installed on that property because city’s negligence was “unrelated to” actual operation of storm drain).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 270 P.3d 644, 646, 648
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that city's "negligence in determining the legal status of [plaintiffs'] property" wasn't "negligence in the operation of the storm drain" that city installed on that property because city's negligence was "unrelated to" actual operation of storm drain
citation_b.sentence: See City of Torrington v. Cottier, 145 P.3d 1274, 1278, 1280 (Wyo. 2006) (defining term “operation” and concluding that § 1-39-108 “waives immunity for negligence in keeping the public utility operable or functional”); see also Sinclair v. City of Gillette, 270 P.3d 644, 646, 648 (Wyo. 2012) (holding that city’s “negligence in determining the legal status of [plaintiffs’] property” wasn’t “negligence in the operation of the storm drain” that city installed on that property because city’s negligence was “unrelated to” actual operation of storm drain).