Labor/Employment,
Government
Mar. 20, 2019
Judge chides attorney, witnesses in police chief’s wrongful firing suit
The witnesses were instructed by Los Angeles County Judge Michael L. Stern to answer questions as asked. The judge also sustained repeated leading question objections in direct examination by their attorney, Dana McCune of McCune & Harber LLP.
LOS ANGELES -- During a trial in which a Baldwin Park police chief and city councilman are accused by the plaintiff of orchestrating the pretextual and discriminatory firing of the city's first woman top cop, both denied wrongdoing in a contentious day of testimony Tuesday.
Councilman Ricardo Pacheco and Police Chief Michael Taylor are accused by former chief Lili Hadsell of colluding to oust her in 2013. According to her lawsuit, P...
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