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Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation

Oct. 4, 2021

CHP settles with former officer, in anti-gay harassment case

“It’s a significant settlement and sends a strong message to the California Highway Patrol that it needs to improve and reform its practices for ensuring that the workplace for its officers is nondiscriminatory and open,” said the plaintiff’s attorney, Gay C. Grunfeld.

The California Highway Patrol and a former officer reached a $2.2 million settlement following a legal battle that included a successful appeal over claims of discrimination, anti-gay harassment and retaliation that began in 2016, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP announced Friday.

"It's a significant settlement and sends a strong message to the California Highway Patrol that it needs to improve and reform its practices for ensuring that...

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