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Massachusetts Federal Jury Awards Ex-Police Chief $770,000 for Military Employment Discrimination

Loaded on May 15, 2009

Filed under: Employee Litigation, Police. Location: Massachusetts.

On June 18, 2008, a federal jury awarded former Winohendon, Massachusetts Police Chief Robert N. Harrington, Jr. $770,000 in a federal lawsuit that alleged the town and Town Manager James M. Kreidler, Jr. discriminated against him because he was in the Army National Guard (ANG). Harrington was appointed chief in …

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