Legal Opinion
Patrick Perkins v. Brigham & Women's Hospital and George H. Kaye
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 5, 1996No. 95-1929PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this case, Brigham & Women’s Hospital (the Hospital) allegedly fired plaintiff-appellant Patrick Perkins, an African-American male, because it discovered that he had engaged in a despicable pattern of work-related sexual harassment over a protracted period of time. Apparently convinced that the best defense is a good offense, Perkins sued. Unimpressed by this effort to turn the tables, the district court rejected Perkins’ claims of race-based discrimination at the summary judgment stage. On appeal, Perkins accuses the court of straying down the wrong path. Undertaking…
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