Legal Opinion
Ferro v. Rhode Island Department of Transportation ex rel. Lewis
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided February 19, 2014No. CA 11-348 SPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM E. SMITH, Chief Judge.
The resolution of this motion concerns the proper application of sex discrimination law where the harasser and alleged victim are members of the same sex. Before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 32). For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED.
I. Background1
Plaintiff Daniel Ferro’s (“Plaintiff’ or “Ferro”) 10 months of employment at the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (“DOT”) were eventful. Ferro began work as a DOT inspector on July 19, 2009, learning on his second day on the job that *153he was to…
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