Video: Former Bailiff Wants Future Pay From City

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TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) — A former Tupelo municipal court bailiff wants five years of future pay or to return to her job.

Late last week, a federal court jury awarded Latisha Mitchell $65,000 in damages against the city for discrimination. The jury ruled the city had mishandled her employment after she was injured on the job and later terminated her because she filed complaints.

Now, her attorney, Jim Waide of Tupelo, has filed a motion asking a federal judge to order the city to pay her for five years as if she were still working for the city. As an alternative, he asks that she be returned to her $40,000 a year job. But he admits that might not be feasible because of hostility toward her within the department.