Legal Opinion
Harris v. Presbyterian/Saint Luke's Medical Center
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided March 8, 1991No. Civ. A. No. 85-N-1987PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NOTTINGHAM, District Judge.
Edna Ruth Harris is a black woman employed by Defendant Presbyterian/Saint Luke’s Medical Center as a licensed practical nurse. Defendant T. Jeanne Coakley is her supervisor. Plaintiff claims that defendants have violated 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1988) in two ways. First, she asserts, defendants suspended her for three days, without pay, as discipline for behavior detrimental to the welfare, safety, convenience, or comfort of a patient. The suspension is alleged to have been discriminatory, because white employees of the medical center who…
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