Jury awards $400,000 in Black Hills National Forest gender discrimination case

Verdict comes after a week-long trial in Rapid City federal courtroom

Sep 25, 2023

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Ruth Esperance, left, and her attorney, Daniel Gebhardt, in front of the federal courthouse in Rapid City. (Courtesy of Daniel Gebhardt/Solomon Law Firm) — Ruth Esperance, left, and her attorney, Daniel Gebhardt, in front of the federal courthouse in Rapid City. (Courtesy of Daniel Gebhardt/Solomon Law Firm via SD Searchlight)

A jury awarded $400,000 in damages Saturday to a former Black Hills National Forest district ranger in her discrimination case against the federal government.

The verdict came after a …

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Seth Tupper, SD Searchlight

Seth Tupper is the editor-in-chief of South Dakota Searchlight, a free, nonprofit news website at southdakotasearchlight.com