Stanislaus County pay $1.4 million in lawyers' fees in 'limp, lame and lazy'

TUNE IN TONIGHT AT 5:00PM.  Modesto Bee headline on May 3rd. 2018 “Stanislaus County pay $1.4 million in lawyers' fees in 'limp, lame and lazy' lawsuit”, but here is the Back Story…

By Mayor Carmen Sabatino
May 14th, 2018 (Originally published on October 23, 2017)

A Statement from Mercedes Wallace : I am the widow of Fallen Officer, Dennis Wallace and this is my story of the grief and pain my husband suffered along with other injured Deputies working at the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office under the leadership of Sheriff Adam Christianson. His "Limp, Lame and Lazy" discrimination and retaliation created a hostile workplace and a climate of fear to silence anyone from speaking out. Had it not been for the discrimination by this Sheriff my husband would still be with me today. Please watch her video:    https://www.facebook.com/DeputyCoach/videos/789708924566806/

An Update from the Modesto Bee: A judge ordered Stanislaus County to pay nearly $1.4 million in fees to attorneys of a deputy sheriff who for six years pursued a discrimination lawsuit against his employer, the county Sheriff's Department.

Dennis Wallace, 53, was slain on the job in November 2016 in a tragedy not related to his lawsuit. The lawsuit was resolved a year ago when the county agreed to pay his widow, Mercedes Wallace, $253,000 in a settlement without admitting wrongdoing.

"I'm happy for (our lawyers)," Mercedes Wallace said Wednesday about the award for attorneys' fees. "I know Dennis felt really bad (that they hadn't been paid). And they, just like Dennis, were proven right."