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$3 million verdict - wrongful discharge
August 15, 2008 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
A former deputy prosecutor has won a $3,000,000 verdict on her claim that she was wrongfully discharged in January 2004.
The Seattle Times reports [here] that former senior deputy prosecutor Barbara Corey claimed that Pierce County, Washington, Prosecutor Gerry Horne targeted her after he heard she might run against him for prosecutor.
The jury awarded $1.5 million for the damage to Corey's reputation, $750,000 for noneconomic damages, $700,000 for defamation and $125,000 for lost wages.
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