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Boynton Beach says federal EEOC suit dismissed; commissioners praise legal team
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Summary
City officials announced a federal judge in the Southern District granted summary judgment dismissing an EEOC-related lawsuit brought by Tenille Dacosti, and commissioners publicly thanked the city legal team and staff affected by the case.
Speaker 1 announced that a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District granted summary judgment and fully dismissed the EEOC-related lawsuit filed by Tenille Dacosti, calling the ruling a legal vindication for the city.
The ruling, Speaker 1 said, follows roughly two and a half years of investigations, depositions and a review by the Office of Inspector General and the commission on ethics. "We got summary judgment today from a federal judge in the Southern District, fully dismissing the lawsuit," Speaker 1 said, and thanked the city's legal department and Rob Sniffin for their work.
Commissioners responded with public praise for staff they said had been harmed by the public attention around the case. Speaker 2 said the outcome shows "it all comes out in the wash" and thanked colleagues and staff for persevering; Speaker 3 expressed regret that staff names were "dragged through the mud" online despite being cleared. Commissioners named staff including Shauna, Daniel Whitefield and Andrew Mack when describing the personal and family impacts of the litigation.
No formal court citation or case number was given on the record, and no vote or commission action was required to note the dismissal. The commission moved on to other agenda items after the remarks.
