Jury awards $2.6 million to workers fired by Lake County circuit clerk, suntimes reports
One of Weinstein's first acts after taking office in December 2016, after defeating incumbent Keith Brin, was to fire three of Brin's former top deputies -- Michelle Higgins, Tiffany Deram and Joshua Smothers.
While Weinstein and the county attorneys offered multiple reasons for terminating the three during six days of trial testimony, the verdict returned Friday showed jurors believed Weinstein fired the workers because they weren't on her team, attorney Paul Vickrey said.
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