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King County ordered to pay $900K to worker over retaliation
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SEATTLE - A federal jury has ordered King County to pay about $900,000 to a Black senior Metro transit worker who said he was retaliated against after alleging racial discrimination.
The verdict by a jury in U.S. District Court in Seattle in June came after a seven-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly, The Seattle Times reported.
The panel rejected Claude Brown’s allegations of discrimination, but concluded his bosses retaliated against him after he went to the King County Office of Civil Rights alleging he was passed up for promotion and removed from a training position because he is Black.
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Federal judge upholds decision to deny permits to expanded Belfair gravel mine
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A federal judge has upheld a decision by the Mason County Hearing Examiner to overturn a surface mining permit for a 66.5-acre gravel mine in Belfair.
U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Zilly ruled on June 7 that a Mason County Hearing Examiner was correct in upholding a decision by Mason County to rescind a surface-mining permit for Grump Ventures LLC for the mine being planned on a hillside above Hood Canal, about 4.5 miles from Belfair on North Shore Road.
The case made its way to federal court after Russell Scott, owner of Grump Ventures LLC, appealed the decision filed by the Mason County Hearing Examiner in Thurston County Superior Court but claimed his constitutional right of due process was harmed in the permit s denial, moving the case to federal court.