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Litigation

Aug. 13, 2011

Transgender woman settles suit with DMV

A transgender woman who sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles after one of its employees sent condemning letters and shared her personal information with a fundamentalist church has settled her suit, her attorney said Thursday.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A transgender woman who sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles after one of its employees sent her condemning letters and shared her personal information with a fundamentalist church has settled her suit, her attorney said Thursday.


Amber Yust will receive $40,000 from the State of California and $15,000 from the employee, Thomas Demartini, who has since resigned, according to attorney Chri...

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