PHILADELPHIA – After a jury ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit – counsel for the officers has further won more than $800,000 in attorney’s fees and costs, and the defense’s request for a new trial has been denied.
PHILADELPHIA – After a jury ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit, counsel for the officers are now seeking more than $800,000 in attorney’s fees and costs.
PHILADELPHIA – After a trial lasting one week, a jury has ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit.
CAMDEN - A Gloucester Township man was struck and killed by a vehicle while changing a tire on a highway here, authorities say.
Isaiah Baldwin, 23, was hit Sunday evening on Interstate 676 in Camden, according to the Camden County Prosecutor s Office.
A Westampton man faces charges in connection with the 7:15 p.m. accident.
Baldwin was one of two men to die in motor-vehicle accidents in Camden County in recent days.
The prosecutor s office said a motorcylist was thrown from his bike around 9:30 a.m. Friday on Haddonfield Road in Pennsauken.
Zachary Maristch was a 20-year-old resident of Cherry Hill, according to obituary information.
and windchills in the single digits. we ll come back, we ll talk more, maybe you can, well, maybe they will see the snowfall map, but not with numbers. maybe i ll do that coming up. thank you, topper, i appreciate it. well, we ve got a celebration tonight in fairfax county. a celebration of heros. the county s urban search and rescue team is back from haiti. and while they were there, they saved the lives of 16 people, pulling them from the rubble, literally. our own, surae chinn, is live at the hero s homecoming. surae? reporter: derek, they just got out of their briefing moments ago. they all look tired and refreshed all at the same time. their loved ones beaming with excitement. the rumble of the hero s homecoming. the waiting, the excitement. the curtain calls finally came for the 114 men and women of the fairfax county urban search and rescue team returning home. hey, you get me, i get you. reporter: the cheers, smiling faces, oh, and lots of hugs and kisses. i