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...plaintiff's suit included a total of eight athletes, but according to Tom Condon, a sports agent and former head of the N.F.L. Player's Association, some 1,000 of the N.F.L.'s 1,500 players have been affected by the old free- agency rule, which has been in effect since 1989. The players' attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, called the decision a "total victory." The N.F.L. said it would appeal...
...That Donald Ostrowski, research coordinator in the masters of liberal arts program at the Extension School, "on several occasions during the fall of 1988... requested sexual favors from the plaintiff and made unauthorized physical contact of a sexual nature while they were alone discussing work...
...That the plaintiff, Battenfield, now on disability leave as assistant director for the masters of liberal arts program at the Extension School, became severely ill as a result of the harassment and hostile workplace environment...
Since the Food and Drug Administration declared a moratorium on silicone-gel implants last month, hundreds of thousands of American women have struggled to make sense of the claims and counterclaims being made about the little bag of gel in their breasts. Outspoken patients and plaintiff lawyers have blamed the implants for everything from rashes to cancer and deadly neurological disorders. Implant manufacturers and most doctors, on the other hand, have just as vigorously insisted that the prostheses are safe...
However, I recognize that there are particular difficulties with proving sexual harassment, and that these difficulties might warrant some deviation from the innocent-until-proven-guilty standard. But the current subjective standard is inevitably open to abuse. Like most who wish to recognize the rights of both plaintiff and accuser, I will remain skeptical of sexual harassment law and some sexual harassment charges until a more objective standard can be devised. And until then I will continue to give at least some benefit of the doubt to the accused, as I did in the case of Justice Thomas...