A former senior water biologist for the Los Angeles Sanitation Department has tentatively settled his lawsuit against the city in which he alleged he was forced to resign in 2023 after he experienced retaliation for testifying on behalf of plaintiffs suing the city.

Plaintiff Curtis Cash contended in his Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that the backlash included the removal of his supervisory duties and a cutoff from his work team, leaving him with little work to do.

Cash’s lawyers filed court papers on Friday with Judge Daniel Murphy informing him of a “conditional” accord in the case with the expectation a request for dismissal will be brought by Nov. 14.

No terms were divulged.

In their court papers, lawyers for the City Attorney’s Office denied Cash’s allegations, contended that

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