Suit Over Backward Cap Settled for $30,000
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It just might be his lucky hat.
If nothing else, the Pittsburgh Steelers cap--turned around backward--won Zurick Sellers $30,000 from the county, although the path toward that victory included an arrest and prosecution by the county district attorney.
The 23-year-old Palmdale resident won the money this week after county attorneys decided to settle his federal lawsuit rather than face a jury trial in which the constitutionality of a shopping mall’s “no backward hats” policy would have been questioned.
The case has embarrassed the Antelope Valley Mall--where it occurred--as well as the district attorney’s office and the county counsel’s office, which eventually settled the lawsuit.
Assistant County Counsel S. Robert Ambrose said: “We’re sorry it went as far as it did.”
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