Clifton v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

On September 17, 1999, after 2 V2 weeks of trial, the jury rendered a special verdict finding that the defendant, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”), had (1) discriminated against the plaintiff, Hiram Clifton (“Clifton”), in the conditions of his employment because of his race by subjecting him to a hostile work environment at some time during the period between October 20, 1992 and February 22, 1994, and (2) taken adverse employment action against him either because he expressed his opposition to a discriminatory practice internally with the MBTA or because he filed…