Legal Opinion
Sobel v. Yeshiva University
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 24, 1983No. 75 Civ. 2232 (GLG)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION *
GOETTEL, District Judge:
Mark Twain supposedly once said that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Though perhaps hyperbolic, this declaration of distrust aptly warns that any conclusion based on statistics may be unsound. It is most unfortunate, therefore, that the evidence in this case is almost completely statistical.
From December 20, 1974, to October 15, 1979 (the “relevant time period”), the named plaintiffs in this class action, Edna H. Sobel and Bella C. Clutario, were medical doctors employed by defendant Yeshiva University (“Yeshiva”) as…
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