Judge boosts jury award to fired Northern NM College director to $676,000
(WorldNews Mexico)

But the cost for the four-year school will go still higher in the case. Mathew said Velasquez also can recover “litigation costs and reasonable attorney’s fees in an amount to be determinedâ€� by the judge. Two days after the judge increased the award, Velasquez’s attorney Christopher Moody filed a series of motions that could add another $434,000 owed by the college, including $200,245 in attorney’s fees. Velasquez had worked at the college for two years before she was appointed El Rito campus director in November 2011 under former NNMC president Nancy “Rustyâ€� Barceló. Velasquez’s lawsuit claimed she was demoted to the position of coordinator of...