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Judgment yields $70,000 for ex-Skokie dispatcher

  • Date: Sept. 22, 1988
  • Source: Skokie Review, Thursday, September 22, 1988, p. 3
  • Author: Routliffe, Kathy
  • Summary: A six-person jury awarded former Skokie emergency dispatcher Amy Barkoo $70,000 plus court costs in a civil lawsuit she filed last June against three Fire Department officials. The jury decided Barkoo's rights to free speech were violated.
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    Barkoo, Amy
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