Legal Opinion
Baron v. Hickey
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 5, 2003No. CIV.A.01-10143-PBSPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SARIS, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Bruce S. Baron, a corrections officer, brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against his employer, the Suffolk County House of Correction (“the Department”), claiming he was forced to resign due to co-worker harassment in retaliation for his reporting a fellow officer’s misconduct in violation of the institution’s “code of silence.” 1 Baron also brought suit against fellow corrections officer Daniel Hickey, who Baron claimed was the lead perpetrator of the harassment. After trial, a jury found that the Department…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Spell v. McDanielCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- Robert Beck v. City of PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Wagenmann v. AdamsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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