Ex-NJ Transit spokesman with HIV gets $200K settlement from discrimination suit

NEWARK >> A former New Jersey Transit communications services coordinator received a $200,000 settlement stemming from a discrimination lawsuit.

Kenneth Hitchner, a nine-year employee at the public transit agency, disclosed when he was hired as a public information officer in 2002 that he had hemophilia, Hepatitis C and was HIV positive, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by The Trentonian.

Hitchner, who had received raises and benefits for his performance, began a six-month Hepatitis C treatment in September 2009, court documents indicate.

Hitchner’s direct supervisor, Ken Miller, allegedly had an animus towards people infected with Hepatitis C.

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