At a hospital in Lackawanna, New York a tenured gastroenterologist complained of 9 years of sustained sexual harassment from her male colleagues and administrators. The female GI doctor, Barbara Salamon, M.D. said that her co-workers subjected her to crude sexual advances and threatened to retaliate if she reported occurrences. State courts ruled that Salamon had grounds to file a sexual harassment lawsuit against the hospital and all members of the staff who violated her employee rights.
Dr. Salamon joined the staff of Our Lady of Victory Hospital in the fall of 1994 and said that the workplace sexual harassment started right after she was hired. In her sexual harassment lawsuit Dr. Salamon accused Michael Moore, M.D. of making persistent comments of a sexual nature to his female co-worker. Dr. Moore is Chief of Staff at the hospital’s Gastroenterology Division where Dr. Salamon works. She also said that Dr. Moore often engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with a certain nurse in the Division, which contributed to the hostile work environment for Dr. Salamon.
Despite bringing up what was going on with former hospital CEO Albert Condino and current hospital Chief of Staff Franklin Zeplowitz, M.D., Dr. Salamon said that her employer failed to investigate her claims thoroughly and allowed the sexual harassment to continue unchecked. She had complained about a number of different male doctors who has subjected her to ill treatment, including Dr. Moore. Allegedly, Condino and Zeplowitz just dropped the issue when Dr. Moore denied the contention.
After this incident, Dr. Salamon’s male superiors from the department of medicine at the hospital conducted an unnecessarily harsh review of her performance dating back 18 months. No other member of the Division’s staff was subjected to this type of review. Dr. Salamon was subsequently forced to attend a disciplinary “re-education” program, a requirement that was later dropped in 2003 when the hospital merged with nearby Mercy Hospital.
Female or male hospital employees who are victims of workplace sexual harassment should get in touch with a sexual harassment lawyer in Los Angeles as soon as possible. Sexual harassment at hospitals is more common than you might think, and a sexual harassment lawyer in Los Angeles knows exactly how to handle a case. Consult a sexual harassment lawyer in Los Angeles to tell him the details of your specific case so that a proper prosecution can be delivered. Workplace sexual harassment is illegal in any form, and a sexual harassment lawyer in Los Angeles thinks that every incident should be reported and investigated thoroughly, so that workplace conditions in the future improve. A sexual harassment lawyer in Los Angeles can help you win the reimbursement you deserve if your employer fails to take appropriate action against your perpetrators.
Dr. Salamon is now seeking damages for lasting trauma endured throughout her 9 years at Our Lady of Victory Hospital, as well as substantially damage to her ability to practice medicine as her male colleagues would spread rumors that caused others to deny her patient referrals. Mark McGraw, who reported on the story for Outpatient Surgery magazine, said that his attempts to contact any attorneys involved in the case were left unaddressed.