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Firefighter Wins Sexual Harassment Suit Against Albuquerque

A New Mexico court has awarded $183,000 in damages to an Albuquerque firefighter who said she'd been sexually harassed on the job.

The Albuquerque Journal reports that Adele Parker, also known as Adele Ortega, filed a lawsuit against the city in 2013. Parker said firefighters had walked in and spied on her in the shower, hid sex toys in her bunk, stole her underwear and watched pornography at a fire station.

A 2nd Judicial District Court jury found the city violated the state Human Rights Act. The jury awarded Park $175,000 for pain and suffering and roughly $8,000 for past and future medical bills.

A spokeswoman for the fire department declined to comment.

Parker still works for the fire department.

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