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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
"Albanian fled from captivity as teen before new life in US"
