Legal Opinion
Albert Einstein Medical Center v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 22, 1985No. Appeals, Nos. 639 C.D. 1984 and 753 C.D. 1984PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Colins,
On February 6, 1981, Yerlette Ore was terminated from her employment as a patient care coordinator at Albert Einstein Medical Center Northern Division, Philadelphia (AEMC). She filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) alleging discrimination by her employer on the basis of race. The Commission found for Ore but halved her damages citing as its reason a failure to mitigate.
In their cross appeals, Ore and AEMC both challenge the sufficiency of the evidence upon which the Commission based its decision. Ore alleges that AEMC did not…
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