Jury Awards $250k to Nashville Deputy Fire Marshal

The City of Nashville has been ordered by a federal court jury to pay a deputy fire marshal $250,000 plus attorneys fees. Maggie Lawrence claimed she was the victim of gender, race and age discrimination when she was passed over for promotion to fire marshal in 2022.

Lawrence, 66, a civilian employee of the department since 1992, claims that the appointment of a younger white male who started in the fire marshal’s office in 2020, was improper. Full disclosure, the man who was promoted, Lawrence Hutchison, 46, had been a fire captain prior to 2020. According to WSMV, the jury concluded the city was liable for gender discrimination.