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El Paso jurors award $750,000 in county retaliation suit
13.02.2017
EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso jury on Friday sided with a former county employee on a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit and awarded her $750,000.
Doña Ana County settles discrimination lawsuit
30.08.2016
Doña Ana County has settled a discrimination lawsuit with a former employee for almost half-a-million dollars
Jury awards over $1 million in retaliation trial
29.04.2016
The jury on Thursday evening awarded more than $1 million in damages to Kim Stewart, the former Doña Ana County internal affairs investigator who sued the county over alleged retaliation by its management, ending a more than four-year legal battle between Stewart and county officials.
City employee wins lawsuit claiming hostile work environment
23.07.2014
Las Cruces city worker Sandra Hunter was granted $50,000. Legal representatives Daniela Labinoti and Brett Duke, who stood for Hunter, won the claim declaring hostile workplace.
Ex-worker sues county; claims retaliation in probe
02.06.2014
Former county internal affairs investigator Kim Stewart alleged she was fired from the county after concluding that another employee - then-Animal Control Supervisor Curtis Childress - was guilty of racial discrimination against two personnel he managed, according to the lawsuit.
Jury awards more than $250,000 in ex-Doña Ana County worker's civil case
28.05.2014
In this case it seemed very clear to me that jurors putting a check on discrimination is needed to protect employees and the general public. Also, failure to stop it creates a "chilling effect," in which employees fear reporting wrongdoing.
El Paso Times cover story by Ramon Bracamontes
26.04.2014
El Paso Times cover story by Ramon Bracamontes
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