Court Rejects Lawton Teachers' Lawsuit Over Withheld Pay

Schoolteachers in Lawton have lost another round in their legal fight to recover $234,015 that was mistakenly withheld from their paychecks when a state appeals court ruled the school district is not financially responsible for the error. A three-judge panel of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals has unanimously backed a Comanche County judge who overruled a class-action lawsuit teachers filed against Lawton Public Schools to collect payroll taxes withheld from nontaxable state retirement contributions. A teacher who filed the lawsuit in 2005 said Wednesday that she was disappointed by the decision. "It is a shame," said Cynthia Nunn, a kindergarten teacher at Pioneer Park Elementary School who is among about 2,500Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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