Former Ocean Shores Fire Chief David Bathke, fired in March 2019, has been awarded more than $730,000 in damages by a Federal District Court judge. “The city breached its agreement” with Bathke, concluded U.S. Western District Court Judge Benjamin H. Settle in his decision, filed Thursday. “As a result of the breach, Bathke suffered damages in the amount of $734,376.50.” Bathke filed the suit in April 2019, shortly after he was fired by Mayor Crystal Dingler, seeking no less than $1.4 million in damages. “The City of Ocean Shores is disappointed in (Thursday’s) decision by Judge Settle in the David Bathke v. City of Ocean Shores lawsuit,” said Dingler.