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Law Practice

Apr. 27, 2007

Retaliation Suit Nets Firefighter $1.73 Million

LOS ANGELES - Veteran firefighter Lewis Bressler said that, after 35 years on the job, he was forced into retirement after he complained about discrimination suffered by a black lesbian colleague at Firehouse 96 in Chatsworth.

By Max Follmer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Veteran firefighter Lewis Bressler said that, after 35 years on the job, he was forced into retirement after he complained about discrimination suffered by a black lesbian colleague at Firehouse 96 in Chatsworth.
      He sued the city of Los Angeles two years ago, claiming the Fire Department retaliated against him for trying to help fel...

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