The first jury was deadlocked... unfortunately the assholes won this time...
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/17/bn17parade-jury-award/?zIndex=54401Firefighters win harassment judgment, $34,300 in damages
By Angelica Martinez
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
4:35 p.m. February 17, 2009
SAN DIEGO – A jury found four San Diego firefighters who sued the city were sexually harassed after being ordered to participate in a gay pride parade. They also determined the group must split $34,300 in damages.
Jurors deliberated for about two days before reaching the verdict in the case brought by firefighters John Ghiotto, Jason Hewitt, Alex Kane and Chad Allison. The firemen said they were subjected to sexually charged conduct and lewd comments while riding a fire engine in the July 2007 parade.
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The firemen said they were subjected to cat-calls and saw barely clothed men simulate sex acts along the route on University Avenue in Hillcrest. At some point during the three-hour parade, the four put on headphones and rolled up their windows and stared straight ahead. The experience, they said, made them suffer stress-related problems such as headaches, anxiety and irritable bowel syndrome.
During the second trial, Deputy City Attorneys Don Shanahan and Kristin Zlotnik attacked the firefighters' credibility and raised doubts about the complaints by pointing out the four were never touched. They also testified they did not feel threatened during the parade and they contradicted themselves or each other when quantifying what they saw and heard along the route.
Days after the parade, San Diego Fire-Rescue Chief Tracy Jarman apologized to the firefighters and created an interim policy on participating in parades.
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