Jury awards gay state official $1.5 million in discrimination case

July 15, 2019 Carol Kuster State News 0

After seven years of litigation and a six-week trial, a jury has decided former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad discriminated against a gay state official. The jury awarded former Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Christopher Godfrey $1.5 million in damages. “It’s important, indeed critical, that every single employee of the State of Iowa be treated fairly, that they […]