Matthew Ladd Goes to Federal Court in Battle for PTSD Justice

PTSD suit against West Palm Beach goes to federal court
Palm Beach Post
By Jane Musgrave
Staff Writer
May 21, 2014

WEST PALM BEACH — Having convinced one jury that the city of West Palm Beach violated his rights when it fired him because it suspected he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, an Army veteran is now taking his case to federal court.

Making many of the same claims that swayed a Palm Beach County Circuit Court jury in August that the city should pay him $880,000, Matthew Ladd on Wednesday sued West Palm Beach in U.S. District Court.
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