October 27, 2025
A Charlotte, North Carolina, fire chief says he has reached a settlement with the city over his claims of racial bias, years after he thought the deal was done the first time.
July 24, 2025
A fire chief's race bias suit against the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, will go to trial more than three years after he believed the case to have settled, after a federal judge found the deal was never finalized and thus could not be enforced.
June 26, 2025
A $180,000 settlement resolving a race bias suit should be enforced, a fire chief told a North Carolina federal court, saying he canceled his jury trial against the city of Charlotte because the parties reached a deal, despite the city's argument that no final written agreement exists.
June 10, 2025
A North Carolina employment attorney accused the city of Charlotte in federal court Tuesday of being "game-y" by trying to change a Black fire chief's racial bias settlement after both sides agreed to certain terms, saying she wouldn't make him sign something that didn't reflect those promises.