Coleman and Wolf
EAST ST. LOUIS – Kristen Poshard, who claims Madison County fired her for resisting harassment by former county board member Phil Chapman, will try to settle with Chapman and the county next month.
On Feb. 9, at the request of all parties, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gilbert Sison set a settlement conference March 25.
He directed the parties to deliver their positions under seal by March 18.
The county hired Poshard as chief deputy administrator for community development in 2016, at a salary of $92,000.
The county board terminated her in October 2017.
She sued the county, Chapman, county board chairman Kurt Prenzler, and former county administrator Doug Hulme in 2019.
Belleville News-Democrat
Kristen Poshard was fired from her Madison County and is now suing the county alleging she was fired after she accused a county board member of sexual harassment. The suit has cost county taxpayers more than $320,000 so far.
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio.
A federal lawsuit alleging Madison County fired a former employee after she accused a county board member of sexual harassment has cost taxpayers more than $320,000, and there could be more to come.
In March 2019, Kristen Poshard filed suit against the county, alleging she was fired for complaining that board member Philip Chapman, of Highland, had repeatedly sexually harassed her in 2017 and that county administrators did nothing to stop it.