WESTMORELAND COUNTY SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH DISABLED CASEWORKER

Westmoreland County and a disabled caseworker have settled a wrongful termination lawsuit.  The Trib reports that Commissioners voted yesterday to pay $7500 to settle the lawsuit filed by Sean Lally, a former children’s bureau caseworker who claimed he was improperly fired after one month on the job.  Court documents said that his firing was justified and denied that his disability was a factor, but Lally claimed he was fired because supervisors were uncomfortable around him because he had a prosthetic leg.