with a remedy for a variety of forms of discrimination. See S.Rep. No. 345, 99th Cong., 2d Sess. 35 (1986), reprinted in, 1986 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5266, 5300 (stating that section 3730(h) was intended to protect individuals who assist in discovery and prosecution of fraud because “few individuals will expose fraud if they fear their disclosures will lead to harassment, demotion, loss of employment or any other form of retaliation.”). Rather than deny an entire class of plaintiffs a cause of action, the Court finds the better reading of the statute is that it provides an additional remedy for plaintiffs suing private employers, a remedy that is either unavailable or reduced in magnitude, when the employer is a government entity. Cf. City of Newport, 453 U.S. at 262-65, 101 S.Ct. 2748 (<HOLDING>). 4. Plaintiff Has Plead a Viable Section
holding that municipalities unlike states are subject to suit under section 1983 recognizing that municipalities immunity from punitive damage awards under section 1983 does not render them immune from suit altogether holding that the state is immune from punitive awards holding that a municipality is immune from punitive damages under 42 usc  1983 recognizing that the municipal function test is used to determine both whether municipalities are immune from suit and immune from running of statutes of limitations