Payout grows for firefighter

The ex-boss of a black, lesbian firefighter who won a $6.2 million discrimination suit this week against the city was slapped with a $2,500 fine Thursday in the biggest total payout in Los Angeles Fire Department history. Kerry Cavanaugh and Eugene Tong in the Daily News.

The jury award for Brenda Lee is more than double the $2.7 million settlement proposed for Firefighter Tennie Pierce, an African-American whose separate case against the LAFD will head to trial in September.

Pierce sued after he was fed dog food during what colleagues said was a prank. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa vetoed the deal in November after photos revealing the firefighter engaging in firehouse horseplay himself caused public outcry.