Doctor wins landmark workplace bullying lawsuit
From hrmonline.com
A Nova Scotia doctor has won a staggering $1.4 million in damages after a jury decided she had been the victim of workplace bulling and agreed that her employer had acted in bad faith.
"I'm not aware of another Canadian court that's awarded damages for loss of reputation and loss of a career of this magnitude," said Michael Wright, who represented cardiologist researcher Dr. Gabrielle Horne.
Halifax-based Horne had her study effectively shut down in 2002 after she and her colleagues became embroiled in a dispute over academic acknowledgement.
"A number of her colleagues, I think, probably through jealousy, started to demand that she put their names on her papers which is not something that is considered to be acceptable in scientific research," said Dr. Ken West, who testified at the trial and is the president of the medical staff association in Horne's zone.
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