Former California police officer awarded $10 million in harassment suit
A San Diego jury awarded a female former police officer $10 million in damages after she won a harassment and discrimination case against her former employer. Ashley Cummins, an out lesbian, was “forced to work in a hostile work environment where she was frequently harassed and denied opportunities for advancement based on her sex/gender and sexual orientation,” according to an amended complaint filed in 2023 against the National City Police Department; the city of National City, California; and 50 unnamed defendants. The complaint, filed in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, also alleged that “many of the male officers […]