Orange County Employment Lawyers Blog
A former division chief for the San Bernadino Fire Protection District has been awarded more than $700,000 by a jury in California after successfully arguing he was the victim of age discrimination. 
Jurors determined age with the “substantial motivating reason” behind the termination of the then-58-year-old fire official. Now 62, he’s been awarded $544,000 in lost wages and benefits and $160,000 in future lost wages.
He’d been working at the department for eight years at the time of his termination. He now serves as chief of the Running Springs Fire Department. Continue Reading ›