Somerset Co. deputy’s retaliation suit clears hurdle

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: April 24, 2013
Tags: employment, lawsuit, maryland, police, retaliation, sheriff's deputy, somerset county, termination, u..s district court

James “Troy” Durham, who was fired from his job as a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy after he complained about being ordered to doctor an arrest report, has already won a $1.1 million verdict from a federal jury and a state-court action to get his job back.

Somerset deputy wins $1.1M for firing

BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: award, damages, doctor arrest reports, fired, grievance, James “Troy” Durham, lawsuit, Maryland Court of Specials Appeals, noneconomic damages, Office of the Maryland Attorney General, police department, Somerset County sheriff’s deputy, termination

A federal jury awarded $1.1 million to a former Somerset County sheriff’s deputy who claimed he was fired for complaining about being forced to doctor arrest reports. James “Troy” Durham, now working as custodian at a high school in the county, sued Somerset County Sheriff Robert N. Jones in September 2010. Last week, the jury [...]

Construction company agrees to pay $230K to settle EEOC lawsuit

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: July 13, 2011
Tags: allegations, Bell BCI LLC, discrimination, eeoc, Elaine Cusato, filed, lawsuit, misconduct, sexual discrimination, termination, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

A Rochester, N.Y-based construction company that provides services to the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground has agreed to pay $230,000 and provide other remedial relief to settle a gender-based abuse and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency said Wednesday. The suit was filed against Bell BCI LLC [...]

Bitten HIV-positive aide sues school after termination

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: December 15, 2010
Tags: aids, Americans with Disabilities Act, centers for disease control and prevention, disabled, Eastern Shore, federal court, hiv-positive, lawsuit, maryland, termination, The Benedictine School for Exceptional Children, U.S. District Court

A child care provider fired from a private Eastern Shore school for the disabled has sued the facility under the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying administrators terminated him after he disclosed he has HIV. In papers filed by his attorney in federal court, Teran Goldsborough said he made the disclosure in February 2009 after he [...]