Comments on: Thoughts on Tuli v. Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Inc., et al. http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/02/thoughts-on-tuli-v-brigham-womens-hospital-inc-et-al/ Nearly all of us root for fairness, not for our own sex. - Nicholas Kristof Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Double Dose: Report on Public Funding and Family Planning; Women in Iran; Teen Girls on Chris Brown & Rihanna; Doctor Wins Sex-Discrimination Suit; Where You Live Determines Dietary Health … | Our Bodies Our Blog http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/02/thoughts-on-tuli-v-brigham-womens-hospital-inc-et-al/comment-page-1/#comment-4386 Double Dose: Report on Public Funding and Family Planning; Women in Iran; Teen Girls on Chris Brown & Rihanna; Doctor Wins Sex-Discrimination Suit; Where You Live Determines Dietary Health … | Our Bodies Our Blog Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:07:34 +0000 http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=8618#comment-4386 [...] Read more analysis from Vanessa Merton at Feminist Law Professors. [...] [...] Read more analysis from Vanessa Merton at Feminist Law Professors. [...]

]]> By: areino http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/02/thoughts-on-tuli-v-brigham-womens-hospital-inc-et-al/comment-page-1/#comment-4381 areino Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:41:50 +0000 http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=8618#comment-4381 This is the best description of a sex discrimination lawsuit from the plaintiff's perspective that I have ever read. Every time I advise a client about whether or not to proceed with administrative charges and lawsuits, I basically give them a toned down version of this essay. It's only fair for them to know what they're getting into and what they sacrifice either way (because no matter what, they won't get through it without losing a few limbs). It's still hard to prepare someone for the reality that the colleagues they thought were their friends would actually lie, that the employer would pursue a scorched earth tactic, that they would rather pay their lawyers to fight for five years than pay her a penny, etc. etc. Of course this scenario is the same one that my race plaintiffs experience. This is precisely why we should always be outraged when people suggest plaintiffs file employment discrimination lawsuits because they are looking for a quick and easy payday. Quick? No. Easy? No. Expensive? Yes. Soul destroying for the client? Yes. Worth it to me as a lawyer? most of the time, yes. This is the best description of a sex discrimination lawsuit from the plaintiff’s perspective that I have ever read. Every time I advise a client about whether or not to proceed with administrative charges and lawsuits, I basically give them a toned down version of this essay. It’s only fair for them to know what they’re getting into and what they sacrifice either way (because no matter what, they won’t get through it without losing a few limbs). It’s still hard to prepare someone for the reality that the colleagues they thought were their friends would actually lie, that the employer would pursue a scorched earth tactic, that they would rather pay their lawyers to fight for five years than pay her a penny, etc. etc.

Of course this scenario is the same one that my race plaintiffs experience.

This is precisely why we should always be outraged when people suggest plaintiffs file employment discrimination lawsuits because they are looking for a quick and easy payday. Quick? No. Easy? No. Expensive? Yes. Soul destroying for the client? Yes. Worth it to me as a lawyer? most of the time, yes.

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