SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr has been ordered to stand trial in a suit by a former police department lawyer who says Suhr fired her for exposing his mishandling of a domestic violence case in 2009.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports (https://bit.ly/1xnqvUf ) the city argued that Kelly O’Haire’s suit was unfounded because Suhr fired her as part of an overall cost-cutting when he became chief in 2011.
A Superior Court judge refused to dismiss the suit Thursday, saying a jury could conclude that Suhr had retaliated against her illegally.
O’Haire says that in 2009 she recommended Suhr be fired because he had mishandled a friend’s domestic violence complaint. Suhr was deputy police chief then.
The case could go to trial as soon as April 20.
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Information from: The San Francisco Chronicle, https://www.sfgate.com
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