Doesn't this baby deserve at least half a million?Fire Captains Awarded $1.6 Million In Hazing Follow-Up Case
LOS ANGELES -- Two white Los Angeles city fire captains were collectively awarded more than $1.6 million Monday by a jury that found their race played a factor in their punishment when a firefighter they supervised was fed dog food as a prank.
John D. Tohill was awarded $1.05 million in damages and Capt. Christopher R. Burton received $592,000. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated for about 1 1/2 days before reaching a verdict in the captains' lawsuit, which they filed in October 2006.
The award comes about six months after Tennie Pierce, the victim of the dog food prank, received a $1.43 million settlement in his lawsuit against the city.
One of the captains' attorneys, Gregory W. Smith, said he was pleased with the outcome of the case. "I'm just sorry that the taxpayers had to pay millions of dollars to defend a lawsuit that the city could have settled for much less." (Hello, Bernie Parks! What's up wit it, dough?)
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