After seven-year court-battle, Black, former City of Fresno employee called an ’entitled ni**a’ by former supervisor wins lawsuit, millions

Former City of Fresno supervisor continually harassed former Black employee, calling her racial slurs, and continually gaslighting her with other employees and supervisors The verdict is in after seven, long, difficult, painful years of a long court battle: Former, Black code enforcement city of Fresno code enforcement employee, La-Kebbia "Kiki" Wilson and former employee Charles Smith won their deplorable, racial discrimination and hostile-workplace environment case unanimously on Wednesday, March 11. The eight-member (four men, four women) jury awarded Smith $400,000.00 and Wilson $15 million for damages as a result of the constant terrorizing harassment and racial discrimination by her former City of Fresno supervisor, Howard Lacy over several years.. District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff granted the jury's final verdict and award amount. It was on October 22, 2019, when plaintiffs,Wilson and Smith filed a complaint in Fresno County Superior Court against the City of Fresno, and the individual defendant Howard Lacy, asserting sixteen causes of action, including: discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under California's Fair Employment Housing Act ("FEHA"), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...