DENDY v. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CTR.

Civ. A. No. 77-333.

431 F.Supp. 873 (1977)

Paulette DENDY et al., Plaintiffs, v. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Pilsbury, June D. W. Kalijarvi, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Peter W. Tredick and William T. Torgerson, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SIRICA, District Judge.

Under a policy instituted in 1975, defendant Washington Hospital Center (WHC) began requiring employees in its Respiratory Therapy Department to pass a standardized examination administered by the National Board of Respiratory Therapy (NBRT) as a condition for keeping their positions as respiratory therapists, receiving promotions and preferential work assignments. According to the policy, if a respiratory therapist...

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