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CULLEN v. NASSAU CIV SERV

53 N.Y.2d 492 (1981)

Lorraine Cullen, Complainant, v. Nassau County Civil Service Commission et al., Respondents, and New York State Division of Human Rights, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine Berger and Ann Thacher Anderson for appellant.

Edward G. McCabe, County Attorney (Robert O. Boyhan of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges WACHTLER and MEYER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judge JASEN concurs in result in a separate opinion in which Judges GABRIELLI and JONES concur.

FUCHSBERG, J.

This case of sex discrimination presents questions concerning both the nature of the proof of damages and the role of intent in an award by the State Division of Human Rights for personal humiliation and mental anguish allegedly suffered by a complainant at the hands of a discriminator.

This issues are presented in the following factual and procedural context:

It is undisputed that...

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