Jury will consider whether Mount Auburn Hospital discriminated against a black doctor from Belize
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today a veteran doctor who decided to get additional training as a resident at Mount Auburn can pursue his discrimination claim over his firing in 2005.
A Superior Court judge had dismissed Bernard Bulwer's lawsuit against the hospital - which also included charges of defamation and "tortious interference" with his hospital contract - but the appeals court said there was enough evidence of possible discrimination to warrant having a jury consider whether he was fired because of his race and national origin.
Bulwer had already been a practicing physician for 16 years - with three books and 40 scholarly articles to his credit - when he applied to and was accepted for the two-year residency program at Mount Auburn. Before the end of his first year, though, he was fired, citing alleged serious deficiencies in his work in some of the departments through which he rotated.
The appeals court said that the hospital failed to follow its own regulations for residents facing dismissal - Bulwer was not allowed to attend the last two days of a three-day committee meeting determining his fate and wasn't even told the committee would be considering firing him.
Add that to the way doctors who defended Bulwer's work were harshly criticized by other doctors who didn't like him, the fact the hospital seems unable to retain minority doctors and even the way "white supremacist doctrine" was left in a staff room and Bulwer is entitled to a jury trial on the discrimination claim, the court ruled.
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Hmm...his second time
Hmm...his second time accusing a Boston hospital of discrimination
Hmm..this time
it appears that the Appeals Court believes there is enough evidence to warrant a second look at his claim by a jury.
Actually, no...
The majority opinion isn't based on the plaintiff's evidence, but rather a novel legal theory: that summary judgement cannot be granted in cases alleging discrimination, whether the plaintiff presents evidence or not. This is a terrible decision for anyone who cares about due process.
Wait, there is no way a
Wait, there is no way a person could ever be discriminated against more than once, right?
MAH Discrimination
In United Stated we are living, someone can be discriminated many times. I have been working at this hospital for 16 years, and you would not believe what I've been through in terms of discrimination. Discrimination at Mount Auburn Hospital is real reality and it is a dominated white employees. I have a BS in ".....". I have been looking for a position at this hospital for years. Still I cannot be hired even though I am qualified for it. However, people who have been employed have not had a certification for the position. For years, Black people have been discriminated at MAH. No Questios about it! Any one who thinks that he or she is fear, bring an investigation to find out.
JosephM
would you be willing to talk
Hi. If the news was brought into this would you be willing to speak to them with a few others about my auburn discriminations
The only person that provides
The only person that provides any evidence of institutional racism at the hospital is in fact a black woman who was laid off. Here is some of her evidence: "As a third instance, she referred to MAH's retention of a physician whom she suspected as a white supremacist. When MAH counsel asked for the basis of her suspicion, she responded that the physician had maintained a large American flag on his office wall."
It not uncommon
to hear stories about liberal moonbats freaking out over people hanging American Flags.
Two stories from this week...
http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/268581/speedreads-man-forbidden-from...
The American flag is offensive, in America?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/23/editorial-embracing-the-...
You cant wear an American flag t-shirt on a Mexican Holiday in America?
Which American Flag?
The one with the Maple Leaf on it? Or the one with the red, white, and green vertical stripes?
Or any of the eight other North American or thirteen South American flags?
That is so cute
A friend tells a story of meeting someone in a bar. The guy said "I went to one of the best colleges in North America and no one knows about it." The friend said "you mean one of the best colleges in Canada, right?"
No, "America" is shorthand for the United States of America. I don't think the citizens of Mexico, the former "British North America" or any of the other countries in this hemisphere have a problem with that.
Oh for the loveof, do refer
Oh for the loveof, do refer to yourself as a USian, too?
The guy who decides if it was racist or not
Has spoken.
No need for a court case, Internet Guy has decided for us.
Well if it makes you feel any
Well if it makes you feel any better it sounds like part of the reason he was terminated was related to being a sexist: "As to professionalism, Bial concluded that Bulwer "refuses to accept constructive criticism," "has no capacity whatsoever for self-assessment," treated her with hostility, and resented direction from women in a professional environment. His age and experience caused him to describe his first-year residency status as a "grave indignity" and "beneath him.""
OH SwirlyGrrl, you never
OH SwirlyGrrl, you never cease to amuse me
!6 years of experience?
Why would a doctor with 16 years of experience and numerous publications need a two-year residency? Shouldn't the residency have preceded his position as a practicing physician?
Why residency?
If he wanted to get licensed to practice in the US, he might well need to repeat residency training in a US program. Easier for internal medicine (2-year program) than surgery (5+ years!)
hospital not in Boston
Mount auburn hospital is NOT in Boston, it is in Cambridge. Please correct yourself, because I float to all Boston hospitals and mount auburn is not one of them. Sorry