The two longtime Del Mar employees fired for alleged financial wrongdoings have fired back with wrongful termination claims against the city, one seeking $5 million in damages and the other an unspecified amount.
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Two of the claims filed against the city of Del Mar by former head lifeguard Pat Vergne have been dismissed, City Attorney Leslie Devaney said this week.
A judge dismissed the former employee’s allegations of defamation and wrongful termination and awarded the city $9,670.50 in legal fees, Devaney said after the City Council’s closed session discussion of the case on Monday.
An Aug. 31 conference has been scheduled to discuss the remaining matters in the case, she said.
Vergne’s attorney, Michael Lewis of the Los Angeles firm Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, said Thursday that he and his client had no comment on the case.