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Thursday, October 4, 2007

Sexual harassment plaintiff gets $1M

In a former sexual harassment case against Savannah’s police chief, a California jury has awarded the plaintiff more than a million dollars in damages. Ya-May Christle sued the city of Los Angeles and Michael Berkow saying then-deputy chief Berkow gave special treatment to officers he had affairs with. Berkow was dropped from the suit. But a jury found that the police department retaliated against Christle for complaining about Berkow.

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