County court files appeal in Gallup case The Nevada County Superior Court has filed an appeal of a jury verdict in a case involving former Family Court mediator Emily Gallup. In October 2012, a Sacramento County jury found in Gallup’s favor in all aspects of her whistle-blowing lawsuit, awarding her $313,206 in damages. Gallup was represented by M. Catherine Jones and George Allen. The jury was asked to determine whether Gallup was fired in retaliation for whistle-blowing, or because of a pattern of undermining her supervisor that culminated in an act of egregious misconduct — taking pages of notes from …