A jury in Baker County awarded $200,000 in damages to a former firefighter.
Attorney Richard Myers filed the lawsuit on behalf of Jason Bybee in 2023. Baker City employed Bybee as a firefighter and EMT when he contracted COVID-19 from a work exposure. Bybee developed Long COVID and was unable to return to his firefighter position. The lawsuit alleged that Baker City and the city manager, Jonathan Cannon, failed to make reasonable accommodation of Bybee’s disability and violated his right to reemployment in an alternative position.
The jury awarded $100,000 to Bybee in economic damages and $60,000 in non-economic damages for Baker City’s unlawful conduct. The jury further awarded $40,000 to Bybee for non-economic damages caused by the former city manager’s aiding or abetting of the unlawful conduct.
You can read more about the verdict here.
