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Ex-Nassau worker awarded $1.8M in wrongful-firing suit

A federal jury has awarded $1.8 million to a former Nassau employee, finding the county had fired her improperly six years ago.

However, the jury dismissed claims by Georgi Morgenstern, who worked in the planning department, that she was fired in retaliation for being a whistle-blower who alleged misuse of public money, according to Deputy County Attorney Esther Miller.

The jury in Central...

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