Kingman woman gets small settlement after firing over biker hubby

Kingman_woman_fired_over_husband___s_aff_457500000_20130403185337_640_480By Doug McMurdo | Kingman Daily Miner

The city of Kingman will pay Melissa Summerson $50,000 to settle a lawsuit related to her termination more than a year ago, purportedly over her ties to a so-called outlaw motorcycle gang.

Summerson was fired from her job in Human Resources and Risk Management more than a year ago because her husband is a member of the Desert Road Riders, a motorcycle club branded as an outlaw gang in a 2009 law enforcement report.

In court documents filed Tuesday in the United States District Court in Phoenix, the clerk of the court noted there was an offer to settle and an acceptance of that offer from Summerson in the amount of $50,000, bringing the troubling case to an end, along with potentially expensive litigation for the city.

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