Legal Opinion
Herlihy v. Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 10, 1994PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
When a person is charged with making bigoted and discriminatory remarks, can she counter by claiming it is she who is the victim of discrimination and can the complainants assert that their reports were privileged? That is the issue in this case.
Plaintiff, Cecile Herlihy, age 72, has been employed by defendant Metropolitan Museum of Art for 20 years, the last 11 as coordinator of membership volunteers, until she was discharged after complaints that she had made anti-Semitic remarks to defendants, volunteers at the Museum, Ruth Zalinka, Sandra Ortner…
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