What You Need to Know

• A jury sided with two former Philadelphia police officers, Audra McCowan and Jennifer Allen, in their employment discrimination claims against the city of Philadelphia.
• The city argued that the district court judge incorrectly admitted into evidence the city controller's 2018 report auditing the city's sexual harassment policies.
• The district court disagreed with the city's claims and ordered it pay the plaintiffs' attorney fees in costs by Aug. 6.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has upheld a jury’s findings in favor of two former Philadelphia police officers who alleged they were subjected to a hostile and discriminatory working environment. The court also ordered the city to pay more than $800,000 to the plaintiffs for attorney fees and costs.

On May 24, a jury sided with the plaintiffs, Audra McCowan and Jennifer Allen, on almost all of their claims related to gender discrimination, retaliation, and a hostile work environment against the City of Philadelphia, according to a July 6 memorandum opinion filed Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Karen Spencer Marston of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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