Wisconsin Air Force Veteran awarded $1.8 million discrimination suit

Former Wisconsin veterans affairs official awarded $1.8 million in discrimination ruling
TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press
September 27, 2012

MADISON, Wis. — A jury has awarded $1.8 million to a former Wisconsin veterans affairs administrator, agreeing that his boss reassigned him to a job 110 miles from home to punish him for backing a former colleague's claims that he was fired because of his race, age and sex.

Gary Wistrom, who was an assistant administrator at the state Department of Veterans Affairs veterans home in Union Grove, was awarded the compensatory and punitive damages Wednesday after a two-day trial in federal court in Madison.

Peter Fox, an attorney for the 30-year U.S. Air Force veteran, issued a statement saying he was pleased with the verdict.

"I am proud to be his lawyer," Fox said of Wistrom. "(He) received the due process that this country provides and that he dedicated his life to protect."
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