New York's highest court ruled that a doctor discriminated against a pregnant
office worker when he fired her because of his wife's unfounded accusations
of an affair, the Associated Press reports. The court's decision reverses a
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and a lower court shouldn't have based its decision on evidence that the doctor
was trying to save his marriage, according to the AP.
According to court documents, the doctor's wife had called the employee, accused
her of having an affair with the doctor that resulted in her pregnancy, and told her to "get
out." A short while later, the doctor called the office worker and fired
her, giving her a week's wages and pay for unused vacation time, the AP reports.
The court's ruling sends the case back to the Appellate Division to determine
the amount of compensation, which the state's Human Rights division said should
be $168,414 in back pay and $10,000 for mental anguish.
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