Insurance Company Paid Man $67,500; North Lake Fire Department Settled Discrimination Suit

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Town of Merton - The insurance company for the North Lake Fire Department paid $67,500 to settle the federal lawsuit that was filed by a Milwaukee man and his relatives after they suffered a racist encounter by two then-firefighters in April 2005.

The amount was disclosed Friday by Continental Western Insurance Company after repeated requests by the Journal Sentinel for the settlement terms.

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Insurance Company Paid Man $67,500; North Lake Fire Department Settled Discrimination Suit

It is only a portion of the settlement Mark Bratton and his relatives received. Then-North Lake Fire Chief Terrence Stapleton had homeowners insurance through Acuity, and then-firefighter Mark Weber...

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