Word: abramian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while Abramian was not represented by counsel after his initial lawyer withdrew from the case, he says, University Attorney Allan A. Ryan tried to convince him to settle for less than 0.1 percent of the damages he was seeking...
...Ryan said: 'Let's settle this. How about $1,000? Soon it will be Christmas,'" Abramian recalls. Abramian, who does not celebrate Christmas, says he found Harvard's tactics bullying. Ryan declined to comment on the incident or to confirm that it had occurred...
...pursues aggressive appeals through Massachusetts' highest court, Harvard is clearly taking Abramian's case seriously now. If the verdict is upheld, it will be the first time Harvard has been found to have discriminated against an employee...
...University is well within its legal rights in not paying Abramian the jury verdict, since the appeals process in the case is ongoing and a new trial on at least part of the damages against the University seems inevitable...
...Abramian's trial judge has already acknowledged that he failed to instruct the jury that it had to find the University's actions "outrageous" in order to award punitive damages, a sum that would attempt to prevent Harvard from discriminating again...