A judge says the city must pay nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in attorney fees and costs in the case of a former Lincoln firefighter whose discrimination lawsuit settled.
Amanda Benson s attorney submitted her request for $1,672,281 in attorney fees, plus $143,000 in costs, with a brief saying the agreement had followed nearly five years of "hotly contested litigation."
The City of Lincoln is fighting a request for $1.6 million in attorney fees being sought in the case of a former Lincoln firefighter who settled her discrimination lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Brian Buescher allowed the case to go forward, finding that Amanda Benson had raised enough questions of fact for her claims to go before a jury.