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A judge says the city must pay nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in attorney fees and costs in the case of a former Lincoln firefighter whose discrimination lawsuit settled.

The city agreed to pay $650,000 to Lincoln Firefighter Amanda Benson earlier this year.

Amanda Bensons attorney submitted her request for $1,672,281 in attorney fees, plus $143,000 in costs, with a brief saying the agreement had followed nearly five years of "hotly contested litigation."

The City of Lincoln is fighting a request for $1.6 million in attorney fees being sought in the case of a former Lincoln firefighter who settled her discrimination lawsuit.

The city agreed to pay $650,000 to a former firefighter and $250,000 to a current firefighter, both women who alleged sexual discrimination.

The City of Lincoln agreed to pay $650,000 to a former firefighter and $250,000 to a current firefighter, both women who alleged sexual discrimination.

The city agreed to pay $650,000 to a former firefighter and $250,000 to a current firefighter, both women who alleged sexual discrimination.

U.S. District Judge Brian Buescher allowed the case to go forward, finding that Amanda Benson had raised enough questions of fact for her claims to go before a jury.

Attorney Kelly Brandon said that since Jessie Lundvall started at Lincoln Fire and Rescue as a recruit in 2014, she has faced questions and requirements that male employees didnt.