Jury awards $189,000 to 2 Fla. firefighters over workplace retaliation claims

  • Source: tampabay.com
  • Published: 01/31/2012 12:00 AM

A federal jury on Monday awarded $189,000 to two Pasco firefighters after determining the local firefighters union and the county retaliated against the two men for filing discrimination claims. Most of the verdict – $166,000 – was assessed against the International Association of Firefighters Local 4420 for publishing a legal memo in April 2008 that named the two firefighters and called their claims "frivolous." The county's portion of the award stemmed from an August 2011 order for the men to undergo psychological tests to keep their jobs.



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