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San Francisco Settles $750K Claim Over Retaliation Case

4/16/2026

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San Francisco will pay $750,000 to settle Sonia Kominek-Adachi, a former medical examiner's office employee.
She says she was fired for reporting missing skull after retaliation including a polygraph, ending in 2023.
The skull ties to a 2014 discovery at a homeless encampment and to executive director David Serrano Sewell.
City officials deny discarding the skull, with Kominek-Adachi's attorney stating termination harms her career.

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San Francisco will pay $750,000 to settle Sonia Kominek-Adachi, a former medical examiner's office employee.
She says she was fired for reporting missing skull after retaliation including a polygraph, ending in 2023.
The skull ties to a 2014 discovery at a homeless encampment and to executive director David Serrano Sewell.
City officials deny discarding the skull, with Kominek-Adachi's attorney stating termination harms her career.