Legal Opinion
McNeil v. Aguilos
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 16, 1993No. 91 Civ. 6938 (SS)PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
At the heart of this action are the allegations by pro se plaintiff Juanita McNeil, an English-speaking African-American, that Filipina-American nurses spoke Tagalog in her hospital workplace in order to isolate and harass her, and that their communication in Tagalog impeded her ability to perform her job effectively. The questions in this case are troubling, and the issues and problems are likely to become more pervasive as our society grows increasingly multiracial and polyglot. There is no simple solution, for just as a workplace…
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