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A state court judge has delivered a surprising setback to a Harvard researcher hoping to prove job discrimination. After a 3-week trial, a Massachusetts jury last month found in favor of biomathematician Tamara Awerbuch-Friedlander, who claimed that Harvard's School of Public Health denied her a promised slot on the tenure track and then retaliated against her for complaining (Science, 23 February, p. 1466). But before the jury could set damages, Judge Diane Kottmyer surprised both sides by dismissing the case, ruling that Awerbuch-Friedlander's 1994 complaint missed a filing deadline. Harvard officials declined comment. But Awerbuch-Friedlander says she will appeal, arguing that the timing issue is moot because Harvard actively dissuaded her from filing the complaint.
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Andrew Lawler (23 February 2001) Science291 (5508), 1466a.
[DOI: 10.1126/science.291.5508.1466a] |Summary »|Full Text »
