LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A former job boss for the general contractor hired to do a $150 million modernization project at Beverly Hills High School is suing his former employer, alleging he was subjected to disparate treatment because he is a Latino and also wrongfully fired in March in retaliation for exposing cost overruns and safety issues.

William Lora's Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against ProWest Constructors alleges wrongful termination, racial discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, failure to prevent discrimination and retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The 61-year-old plaintiff seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

A ProWest management team member did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit filed Thursday.

Lora emigrated from Colombia to the United States in 1968 and is a 40- year veteran of the construction industry. He was working for Becker Construction when he was recruited by ProWest in August 2021 to be a senior superintendent and assigned as one of several supervisors on the Beverly Hills High School project, which includes a full structural seismic retrofit of buildings complementing the original late 1920s architectural style, according to the suit.

Work at BHHS began in April 2018 and was to be completed in 30 months at a cost of $150 million, but significant delays, change orders, cost overruns and project mismanagement make it likely that it would take another five years to finish at an...

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