Woman dies before getting $447K in back pay a judge said she was owed

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100708/NEWS01/707089849#woman-dies-before-getting-447k

By Todd Cooper
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

Lucille Kilgore died without getting her due.

But that wasn’t what Kilgore was about.

Ever graceful, ever grateful, friends say, Kilgore wasn’t concerned with status or money.

A volunteer in her 60s, 70s and 80s, she dutifully did the work of a parole officer for more than 20 years — living on nothing but her $1,400-a-month railroad pension.

She died Saturday without seeing any of the $447,000 in back pay a judge said she was owed by the State of Nebraska for her work in the juvenile parole office.

The state has appealed — and that appeal is still pending, some two years and three months after judgment was entered against the state.

Now, if upheld, any award will go to Kilgore’s estate.

“She deserved better,” said her longtime friend, Ann Drozd. “But you’d never hear Lu say that.



FULL story and photo at link.

[napi21]

1. I believe in ourcout system & the appeals process, but damn...

why can't we speed up the process so things like this don't happen?

[elehhhhna]

2. All that fancy constitutional speedy trial talk doesn't apply to civil cases,

apparently

This is why the 20BIL downstroke from BP was a brilliantly efficient move.

Tho' God only knows what the quid pro quo was.

[elehhhhna]

3. All that fancy constitutional speedy trial talk doesn't apply to civil cases,

apparently

This is why the 20BIL downstroke from BP was a brilliantly efficient move.

Tho' God only knows what the quid pro quo was.

[midnight]

4. K&R.