COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- An appeals court has upheld a $372,000 verdict for a South Carolina warden who claimed he was fired when he refused to go along with his bosses' criticism of security after a prison riot.
The South Carolina Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed the verdict for former Lee Correctional Institution associate warden Henry Pridgen.
Pridgen accused top officials at the state Corrections Department of conspiring to have him fired because he wouldn't go along with their disapproval of the way a 2003 prison riot was handled. A federal appeals court has upheld $510,000 awarded to Pridgen's boss. Calvin Anthony sued for civil conspiracy and racial discrimination after he lost his job in June 2004.
Corrections Department officials did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
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