On March 7, 2023, the County of Salem (New Jersey) settled a road worker’s racial discrimination lawsuit for $37,500 making it the third time the County has settled with this same employee since 2015. In his most recent lawsuit, filed on January 26, 2022, Grady Butts, an African-American public works employee with Salem County, repeated, […]
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Lenape Valley Regional school board quietly paid $100,000 to settle former Superintendent’s age discrimination lawsuit.
On April 3, 2023, the Lenape Valley Regional High School District Board of Education (Sussex County, NJ) agreed to pay $100,000 to a former superintendent who claimed that his contract was terminated because he was 64 years old. In his lawsuit, Paul DiRupo, who served the District for 32 years, claimed that Board President Richard […]
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Ocean Township quietly paid $110,000 to settle former manager’s whistleblower lawsuit.
On November 21, 2022, the Township of Ocean (Monmouth County, NJ) quietly paid $110,000 to its former township manager who had claimed that he was fired in late 2020 for exposing or threatening to expose what he claimed to be “unlawful, fraudulent and/or criminal behavior” of Township officials. In his lawsuit, Michael F. Muscillo, who […]
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Absecon paid $50,000 and resolved two disciplinary charges against a sergeant who claimed police department was “a pervasive discriminatory and hostile work environment against female officers.”
On October 1, 2021, the City of Absecon, Atlantic County NJ, paid $50,000 and resolved two disciplinary charges against a female police sergeant who claimed retaliation for objecting to not having a private area to pump her breast milk. Joyce Lee, who was hired by the Absecon Police on July 3, 2005, filed a lawsuit […]
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Bridgeton school board quietly paid $87,500 to settle former Assistant Superintendent’s hostile work environment lawsuit.
Update: After publishing this article, I learned that on February 18, 2019, Thomasina A. Jones, who was named as a defendant in Mr. Johnson’s lawsuit, filed her own lawsuit against the Bridgeton Board of Education and Board President Angela Edwards. That lawsuit, which is captioned Thomasina Jones v. Bridgeton Board of Education, Docket No. CUM-L-110-19, […]