Julia M. O'ROuRke v. City of Providence

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 2001-01-08

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LYNCH, Circuit Judge. Two different juries have now found the Providence Fire Department liable under Title VII to one of its first women firefighters, Julia O’Rourke, for that form of sex discrimination known as sexual harassment. O’Rourke asks us to reinstate the first verdict for $275,000. The City defends the trial court’s decision to vacate that verdict and order a new trial…

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