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.
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Union Pacific has already lost three lawsuits over the way it removes employees with health conditions because of safety concerns, and the prospect of hundreds more lawsuits looms.
OMAHA — BNSF railroad is tweaking its strict new attendance policy that upset workers, but the unions that challenged the rules since they too…
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"I think that they were after me from the first day they hired me," former Officer Sara Khalil told the Journal Star. Her suit is the fourth against the city alleging discrimination within LPD.
Officer Sara Khalil, who was at LPD since 2013, had been on leave for a knee injury since late September. And Officer Erin Spilker, who sued in January, has resigned effective March 21.
A week before his suspension, Luke Bonkiewicz's name appeared on a journal article in Police Quarterly examining instances of sexual violence against women within police departments. His name since has been removed from the article.
“It's just another added pressure on health workers who have already been experiencing a lot of stress," said Dr. James Lawler at UNMC.
The judge wrote in his order that no actions were designed "to be abandoning them in an environment immediately dangerous to life or health" to firefighters.
Amanda Benson's attorney is asking a federal judge to order the city to immediately initiate disciplinary proceedings, prohibit him from being sent to fires in the interim and appoint an independent, third-party investigator.
The EEOC’s lawsuit said the girl was subjected to groping from a male manager and repeated, inappropriate comments about her body from the manager and other male employees when she worked at the restaurant.
Jeffrey Ostdiek allegedly identified himself as a U.S. marshal to the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office and at a local spa where he asked for information on an employee.
Capt. Brian Giles, who has worked for the department nearly 20 years, was to get $279,671, and his attorney $220,329.
An employee at the Oriental Trading Co. who left a noose on the chair of a Black colleague has been fired and authorities are looking into whether hate crime charges should be brought in the case.
The Marine's sister said from Lincoln that her brother was treated unfairly. “No matter what you do in life if you are a person of color it’s always going to be 10 times harder for you."
A Lincoln firefighter and the city have agreed to a $1.29 million settlement to avoid a second trial to determine how much he should be paid f…
Lincoln firefighter Troy Hurd has opted to have a new trial to determine his damages for future emotional distress rather than take a $630,000…
A federal judge this week said Lincoln firefighter Troy Hurd must choose between a new trial on damages or a $630,000 reduction in the amount …
A firefighter's case against the city can go forward alleging gender discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment at Lincoln Fir…
The attorney for a Lincoln Fire & Rescue captain who won a $1.2 million verdict against the city last month for retaliation after he repor…
The city of Lincoln is asking a judge to throw out the jury’s $1.2 million verdict in favor of a Lincoln firefighter, in part because of how j…
A federal jury has awarded Lincoln firefighter Troy Hurd $1.2 million in his case against the city for retaliation he faced from Lincoln Fire …
OMAHA — More than a dozen Lincoln firefighters and supporters of Troy Hurd, including the former firefighter recruit at the heart of Hurd’s di…
OMAHA — In the span of 45 minutes, jurors heard starkly contrasting descriptions of the man at the counsel table, a Lincoln Fire and Rescue ca…
OMAHA — A fired Omaha bar manager has been given 30 days in jail for harassing, grabbing and kissing female employees.
A Lincoln firefighter has sued the city, alleging she was treated differently because she's a woman and that she faced a hostile work environm…