Legal Opinion
Franchina v. Providence Fire Department
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 25, 2018No. 16-2401PPublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Sticks and stones may break some bones, but harassment can hurt forever. “Cunt,” “bitch,” “lesbo”: all are but a smattering of the vile verbal assaults the plaintiff in this gender discrimination case, Lori Franchina, a former lieutenant firefighter, was regularly subjected to by members of the Providence Fire Department (“the Department”). She was also spit on, shoved, and—in one particularly horrifying incident—had the blood and brain matter of a suicide-attempt victim flung at her by a member of her own team. After an eight-day trial, a jury in the District of Rhode…
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