Benson v. Lincoln et al

  1. August 01, 2023

    Nebraska City Can't Get Ex-Firefighter's Sex Bias Suit Tossed

    A federal judge rejected a Nebraska city's bid to toss a former firefighter's suit alleging she faced harassment and was unjustly fired after a supervisor claimed she made false statements during an investigation into her complaints of misconduct by a male colleague, finding she adequately backed up her claims.

  2. March 03, 2023

    Magistrate Judge's Privilege Call Scrapped In Firefighter Suit

    A Nebraska federal judge has rejected a magistrate judge's "clearly erroneous" decision that Lincoln firefighters waived all attorney-client and other privileges connected to an outside attorney's investigative report about a response to a warehouse fire.