In Cherokee, Iowa, Vernon Fick, who was dismissed as a police sergeant last year, wants his job back and is suing the city on age-bias and other charges. In addition to seeking reinstatement, Fick “claims he couldn’t get a job anywhere else and was forced to join the military, which sent him to Iraq”, so he “is seeking damages for emotional stress and strain from serving in a war zone. … The lawsuit said the Army became his only ’employment alternative’ because the city falsely told other potential employers in the area that he had committed misconduct.” His attorney is Stephen Avery of Spencer. (AP/Creston News Advertiser, Apr. 9)
“Soldier sues city for damages for stress in Iraq”
In Cherokee, Iowa, Vernon Fick, who was dismissed as a police sergeant last year, wants his job back and is suing the city on age-bias and other charges. In addition to seeking reinstatement, Fick “claims he couldn’t get a job anywhere else and was forced to join the military, which sent him to Iraq”, so […]
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