After a trial of two weeks and almost a week of deliberations, the jury today in veteran former NBC News producer Frank Snepp’s age discrimination lawsuit against NBCUniversal has said they can’t reach a verdict. With that deadlock among the six men and six women jury, a mistrial was declared in the case by the judge.
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Ex-KNBC Producer Files Second Lawsuit
Pink-slipped from his producing job at KNBC Los Angeles about two years ago after almost a decade at the station, Frank Snepp has decided to double up on his battle against his former employer. The 71-year-old Emmy and Peabody winner on Wednesday filed a wrongful-termination complaint against NBCUniversal and the LA O&O seeking a jury trial and “compensatory, general and punitive damages.”
