GASTON COUNTY, NC - A Gaston County paramedic and breast cancer victim is suing county officials on allegations that they failed to protect her from vicious sexual harassment. An employment law attorney for Abigail Wilson filed the lawsuit in Gaston County Superior Court, citing negligence and battery against the co-worker who is accused of abusing Wilson.
GASTON COUNTY, NC - A Gaston County paramedic and breast cancer victim is suing county officials on allegations that they failed to protect her from vicious sexual harassment.An employment law attorney for Abigail Wilson filed the lawsuit in Gaston County Superior Court, citing negligence and battery against the co-worker who is accused of abusing Wilson.Wilson was hired with Gaston County EMS in 2009. She said in September 2010, a doctor discovered tumors in her breast -- the same cancer her own mother died from at the age of 46. According to the lawsuit, Wilson went to her superiors at Gaston County EMS and asked for intermittent medical leave while she underwent surgery to remove the tumors.Click here to see Van Kampen Law on WSOC-TV
IREDELL COUNTY, NC - Two survivors of domestic violence who sued the Iredell County Sheriff and one of his deputies finally got what they wanted: Deputy Ben Jenkins has been dismissed from the force.
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STATESVILLE, NC - A second woman has said she was sexually harassed by the former head of police agency's domestic violence unit, Richard Jenkins III. Lisa Mangiardi says she sought help from the Iredell County Sheriff's office for a domestic violence issue and that is when Richard sexually propositioned her and began stalking her.
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IREDELL COUNTY, NC — A Kannapolis woman is suing the Iredell County sheriff and a deputy after she said the deputy threatened and sexually harassed her and still kept his job. She filed the civil complaint against the two men on Wednesday. "Just because you are an abused woman doesn’t mean you lose your right to speak," said Suzanne Wick.
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