VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The former director of the now-defunct Clark County Department of Environmental Services, Don Benton, was awarded nearly $68,000 in his lawsuit against Clark County.
His two former employees, Christopher Clifford and Susan Rice, each received six-figure awards from a jury Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. The trio was laid off about two weeks after Benton submitted a whistleblower complaint about then-county manager Mark McCauley.
The complaint accused McCauley of illegal actions and political retaliation. They filed their lawsuit in 2016 alleging hostility and retaliation during their employment.