Post by Logan on Jun 24, 2016 9:41:43 GMT -6
N.J. Supreme Court: Allow worker's testimony in East Orange sex harassment case
TRENTON — The state Supreme Court has ruled that a trial court was wrong to bar the testimony of a local government employee in East Orange who claimed the mayor asked her to lie to an investigator looking into sexual harassment claims.
In 2009, three employees of East Orange's government — Tonique Griffin, Virginia Best, and Rosalyn Walker — each filed internal reports alleging that they were sexually harassed by Obed Prinvil, a supervisor, according to court documents.
The city council hired an outside attorney, Dina Mastellone, to conduct an independent investigation, the documents said.
Mastellone interviewed the three employees, Prinvill, and other city workers, including Corletta Hicks, a friend of Griffin and an aid to then-Mayor Robert Bowser, the according to the papers.
Read more: www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/nj_high_court_testimony_in_local_government_harass.html
TRENTON — The state Supreme Court has ruled that a trial court was wrong to bar the testimony of a local government employee in East Orange who claimed the mayor asked her to lie to an investigator looking into sexual harassment claims.
In 2009, three employees of East Orange's government — Tonique Griffin, Virginia Best, and Rosalyn Walker — each filed internal reports alleging that they were sexually harassed by Obed Prinvil, a supervisor, according to court documents.
The city council hired an outside attorney, Dina Mastellone, to conduct an independent investigation, the documents said.
Mastellone interviewed the three employees, Prinvill, and other city workers, including Corletta Hicks, a friend of Griffin and an aid to then-Mayor Robert Bowser, the according to the papers.
Read more: www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/nj_high_court_testimony_in_local_government_harass.html