Eddie Jordan defaults on liability to fired workers
DA Eddie Jordan says office can’t pay $3.7 million to fired workers
Posted by The Times-Picayune October 23, 2007 2:59PM
By Gwen Filosa
Staff writer
Orleans Parish District Attorney Eddie Jordan’s office is running out of time in delaying payment of the $3.7 million award it owes to the dozens of white employees who successfully sued him for wrongfully firing them after he took office.
The plaintiffs are through waiting, their attorneys said Tuesday, warning that they will seek to seize assetts - from payroll accounts to cars - if Jordan’s office does not come up with the cash.
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