Phinney v. Perlmutter

Defendant Marion Perlmutter hired plaintiff, Carolyn Phinney, as a senior research associate at the Institute of Gerontology (lOG) at the University of Michigan. At the time, Perlmutter was a research scientist at the lOG, and defendant Richard Adelman was the director of the institute. Plaintiff accused Perlmutter of stealing her research. Adelman appointed defendant Lois Verbrugge to conduct an investigation. The investigators found that Perlmutter was not guilty of scientific misconduct. Perlmutter was also found not guilty in two other investigations concerning allegations that she…