After a week-long trial, a Cook County court ruled in favor of our client, Chicago Firefighter M.S. The Court was so appalled by the conduct of the defendants that it awarded us $200,000 in punitive damages on top of a separate award for compensatory damages. The Chief Operating Officer for Morning Pride Total Fire Manufacturing published defamatory e-mails about M.S. to various supervisors within the Chicago Fire Department and other Chicago agencies. The C.O.O was upset that her company was not awarded the Bunker Gear Contract to outfit all Chicago Firefighters with equipment. In a last-ditch effort to obtain the multi-million dollar contract she alleged that M.S., who was part of a panel comprising the selection committee, accepted a bribe from the winning company. In true David vs. Goliath fashion, we took the fight to court opposing a defendant who was represented by a team of lawyers from a very prominent law firm. The turning point in the trial came when we called the company's C.O.O. to the witness stand and laced her with a blistering examination that made the case all-but-over. A verdict was returned in favor of our client M.S. and against Morning Pride Total Fire. Shortly after the case, the C.O.O. resigned her position with the company. (2010)http://www.daytondailynews.comews/business/dayton-area-firefighter-gear-company-chief-execs-sM34D/