CLEVE HTS LAWSUITS

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, ANOTHER LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED BY A FPORMER CITY EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE CITY OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS. 
EARLINE ROBINSON, WHO WORKED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, CLAIMS SHE WAS PAID LESS THAN HER YOUNGER COWORKERS, MOST OF THEM WHITE, DESPITE HAVING MORE EXPERIENCE. SHE SAYS WHEN SHE TRIED TO RAISE HER CONCERNS, SHE WAS WRITTEN UP AND FELT FORCED TO QUIT HER JOB. ROBINSON IS NOW SUING THE CITY FOR BACK PAY, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND MORE THAN $250,000 IN DAMAGES. JUST LAST WEEK, PATRICK COSTIGAN, A FORMER SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO MAYOR KAHLIL SEREN, FILED A SEPARATE LAWSUIT ACCUSING THE MAYOR'S WIFE OF MAKING ANTI-SEMITIC AND HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS.