MANDELL v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Docket No. 01-7729.

316 F.3d 368 (2003)

Howard E. MANDELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The COUNTY OF SUFFOLK and John Gallagher, Police Commissioner, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Polsky, Bohemia, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Diane L. Beckmann, Assistant County Attorney, Hauppauge, New York (Robert J. Cimino, Suffolk County Attorney, Hauppauge, New York, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: CARDAMONE, F.I. PARKER, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in an employment discrimination case. There is a nursery rhyme that teaches "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." Such is a lesson particularly doubtful in the workplace, as illustrated by this case, because alleged epithets and demeaning invective directed at a plaintiff by his or her superiors or co-workers can, if believed by a factfinder, subject an employer to legal liability for discrimination...

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