July 02, 2019
Messing Rudavsky, the firm that represented a New Bedford, Massachusetts, police officer who won a discrimination suit and a six-figure judgment against the state police in December, asked a federal judge late Monday to approve more than $1 million in attorney fees and costs for the victory.
May 24, 2018
The Massachusetts State Police were denied a quick win Thursday by a federal judge in a suit claiming racial bias led to an African-American man being denied a spot as a trainee after one of its troopers said he lied during a background interview.
November 03, 2017
The Massachusetts State Police urged a federal court on Thursday to nix an African-American man's claims that it acted with racial bias when it passed over his application to become a trainee based on a conclusion by one of its state troopers that he was untruthful during a background investigation.