The Fresno Bee
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal court jury on Friday awarded nearly $2.5 million to a woman who was forced out of the Fresno Fire Department’s training academy in 2005, finding she was the victim of gender discrimination.
Michelle Maher, 39, flashed a broad grin to her two children after the verdict was read in U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger’s courtroom. She later hugged jurors, who said they thought Maher got a raw deal from the department.
“If this isn’t a wake-up call [to the Fire Department], I don’t know what would be,” Maher said outside of court.
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