VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Attorneys for Clark County have filed a notice of appeal in a lawsuit in which Don Benton, the former director of the now-defunct Department of Environmental Services, and two former employees prevailed in May. The Columbian reports the county in June asked the Washington Court of Appeals, Division II to review of each plaintiffs’ judgment. In response, the plaintiffs filed notice of a cross-appeal seeking the higher court’s review of a 2019 order regarding the county’s partial motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ amended claims. A Clark County Superior Court jury awarded Benton, Christopher Clifford and Susan Rice $693,998. The trio was laid off after Benton submitted a whistleblower complaint about the then county manager.
Clark County appeals Benton lawsuit outcome
