Appellate Division Affirms $1.5M Jury Award for Police Officer’s Discrimination, Harassment Claims

“The jury was entitled to find that Davenport had made all of the statements and documents described above over a long period of time; that he disparaged plaintiff’s military service, either directly for the inconvenience it caused, or indirectly by equating Navy service with homosexuality; and that he did so in a workplace that regarded homosexuality as shameful and as proof of lesser ability to perform the job,” the appeals court said.