Ex-Monterey Park Fire Division Chief Drops Age Discrimination Suit

Ex-Monterey Park Fire Division Chief Drops Age Discrimination Suit

A former Monterey Park Fire Department division chief has dropped his lawsuit in which he alleged he was forced to resign in 2023 from his job as a division chief at age 63 because of persistent age discrimination by the then-fire chief, who the plaintiff contended used the 2023 mass shooting in the city as part of the chief’s effort to get him to leave. In his Los Angeles Superior Court complaint, Mark Steven Khail contended that then-Chief Mat…