Why Does It Always Take A Lawsuit

It seems like it always takes a lawsuit for a business to do the right thing. Here in Connecticut a police officer was harassed and discriminated against but the city is playing hardball.

Middletown files nonsuit motion against fired transgenderofficer
The Middletown Press
By Brian Zahn
July 30, 2015
  MIDDLETOWN >> Francesca Quaranta, a former Middletown police officer who was fired for exhausting all her leave time from the force, must defend against motions to dismiss two lawsuits she brought against either the city or a city board.
  In an ongoing suit, Quaranta, a transgender woman who began her transition while employed with the department, initially alleged discrimination from the city and various police employees.
  The city moved for a nonsuit on July 23, saying Quaranta would not revise her suit after an April 13 court order claimed she did not have the jurisdiction to allege discrimination from individual defendants. The basis of the claim was they were not mentioned in her application to the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

Motion after motion it seems like the city is doing everything to stall the case from being heard. As one commenter said that it will probably be cheaper to just give her the pension than to pay all the lawyers.

Meanwhile down in New Jersey,

Transgender Newark teacher files suit claiming advocacy ledto firing
NJ.com
By Dan Ivers
July 30, 2015
  A longtime former Newark schools employee has filed suit against the district, claiming she was repeatedly faced discrimination because she is a transgender woman.
  In her complaint filed in U.S. District Court in February, Christine Hamlett alleges that she was passed over for promotions and was subjected to other unduly harsh treatment before eventually being fired in 2013.
  The termination marked the end of a 42-year run working for the school district, after being hired as James Hamlett in 1970. She worked as a social studies teacher in various schools before undergoing gender reassignment surgery in 1983, according to the complaint.

And of course the school filed a motion to dismiss,

Attorneys for the district have filed motions to dismiss two of the suit's three counts for wrongful discharge and breach of contract, and a ruling is expected soon, according to Hamlett's South Orange-based attorney Christina Bennett. Hamlett is seeking unspecified damages.

Why does it always take lawsuits to get people to do the right thing?