Legal Opinion
Cullen v. Nassau County Civil Service Commission
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1981PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
This case of sex discrimination presents questions concerning both the nature of the proof of damages and the role of intent in an award by the State Division of Human Rights for personal humiliation and mental anguish allegedly suffered by a complainant at the hands of a discriminator.
This issues are presented in the following factual and procedural context:
It is undisputed that complainant Lorraine Cullen successfully passed a civil service examination for the position of investigator in Nassau County’s Department of Probation and subsequently was appointed…
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