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Brandt Williams
Minneapolis

Mpls to pay $350K in suit involving female firefighter

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The City of Minneapolis will pay a $350,000 judgment over an employment dispute involving a female firefighter.

Kristina Lemon was one of several women firefighters who sued former fire chief Bonnie Bleskachek back in 2006.

Lemon eventually settled her case with the city and received $35,000. But Lemon says officials in the fire department retaliated against her and in 2008 she filed another lawsuit. She claimed she was unfairly disciplined, demoted and subjected to a hostile work environment.

A judge ordered that the city pay Lemon $150,000 dollars for emotional distress and pay her attorneys' fees of $200,000.