Legal Opinion
Ritchie v. Department of State Police
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 19, 2004No. 02-P-593PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.
Disturbed by an apparent office romance between her superior officer and his administrative assistant and by the favors that accompanied the relationship, the plaintiff, Mary *656Ritchie, a trooper with the Department of State Police (department), objected, first informally and then formally. After learning about the plaintiff’s objection, her superior officer, Lieutenant Richard Lauria, criticized her performance, lowered her evaluations, and threatened her with transfer.
In count one of her nine-count complaint, the plaintiff alleges that she was subjected to a sexually hostile work environment…
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