After Erin Pettigrew resigned from her job as Lane County counsel, county commissioners paid her $250,000 to settle her claims against the county.
When commissioners approved the settlement in October 2024, they did not publicly air the allegations or details of Pettigrew’s claims. Under the agreement, neither side admitted fault.
But tort claim records obtained by Lookout Eugene-Springfield outline Pettigrew’s allegations, including a pattern of gender discrimination, comments and hostility from some male elected commissioners, particularly current commission Chair David Loveall and, to a lesser extent, Commissioner Pat Farr…