PAPILLION, Neb. (WOWT) – Sarpy County Commissioners on Tuesday approved paying a $580,000 settlement to a former criminal lead in the county attorney’s office.
Laurie Burgess sued the county in 2025 for discrimination, saying she was a victim of a hostile work environment — that she was demoted, targeted, and eventually forced to resign over administrative procedures she said she was unfamiliar with and for which she received no guidance.
In the lawsuit, she points out numerous examples of run-ins with colleague Bonnie Moore, who served as the HR director before becoming Sarpy County’s Chief Deputy county Attorney…