Legal Opinion
Burns v. Town of Gorham
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided May 12, 1982No. 81-236; No. 81-250PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This case concerns a plaintiff who claims to have been denied employment with the Town of Gorham Highway Department because of unlawful sex discrimination. RSA 354-A:8 (Supp. 1981). We agree with the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights and the Superior Court {Temple, J.) that the plaintiff was the victim of sex discrimination; however we consider the remedy granted by the trial court, specifically the back-pay award, to be inadequate.
In August 1978, an employee of the Gorham highway department resigned, creating a job opening. The plaintiff, Helen Burns, *405heard about the position and…
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