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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Kings County assemblage resolved an alleged wrongful termination lawsuit involving the erstwhile Hanford metropolis concern manager Tuesday.
The metropolis of Hanford says the assemblage agreed with the metropolis that Paula Lofgren was not fired by City Manager Mario Cifuentez due to the fact that of her gender.
According to the city, successful an 11-1 ballot jurors concluded that astatine the clip of her termination, the metropolis did not person immoderate crushed to judge oregon comprehend that Lofgren had a carnal disablement that would bounds her quality to work. Therefore, the metropolis says determination was nary request for jurors to sermon whether Lofgren was fired due to the fact that of her disability, which she besides claimed successful her suit against the city.
Lofgren was hired arsenic a Finance Manager successful August of 2016 and promoted to Finance Director astir a twelvemonth later.
Lofgren was terminated successful August of 2020. Lofgren was an at-will worker astatine the clip of her termination and was fired due to the fact that the metropolis says Cifuentez had morganatic concerns related to her performance. When the suit was primitively filed successful June of 2021, Cifuentez was individually named arsenic a suspect successful summation to the city, but helium was dismissed arsenic a suspect past year.
Her lawyer had asked jurors to instrumentality a $19.2 cardinal grant successful economical and noneconomic damages. Lofgren volition person nary fiscal grant arsenic a effect of the jury’s decision, the metropolis says.
