ANOTHER VICTORY FOR WOMEN!

The SJC held today that in the Gyulakian v. Lexus of Watertown, Lexus acted intentionally or with reckless disregard for Gyulakian's rights under the discrimination laws, that its actions were outrageous or egregious, and that an employer that is aware of workplace harassment and fails to remedy that harassment has committed a “knowing violation of the statute.”  The SJC reinstated punitive damages and held that  the record is rife with evidence from which the jury could have concluded that the behavior to which Gyulakian was subjected was both objectively and subjectively offensive. 

Click here to read the decision.

Congratulations to the Women’s Bar Association’s Amicus Committee who submitted an amicus on behalf of the Plaintiff and to Mairead Blue, Elizabeth Brusie, Rebecca Pontikes, Catherine Scott, and Afton Templin who worked on the amicus.