A jury has awarded $284,000 to a Bad Axe man who claims he was fired from his job for being fat. The eight-person jury in U.S. District Court awarded Steve Pasanski the money in a wrongful discharge discrimination case against Continental Rental, Inc. The four-day trial concluded Friday in the Bay City courtroom of U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson. "I'm grateful to the jury, and I'm glad the legal process vindicated Steve Pasanski," said Glen Lenhoff, the Flint attorney who represented the plaintiff. "I hope overweight people are encouraged by this." Pasanski, since being fired in August 2003, underwent...