"Steve Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
With friends like those who needs lawyers :-)
Steve
Honestly I see what you mean..................
-----Original Message-----
From: Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, April 18, 1998 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: L&I Jones Appeal Difficult, But Not Impossible
>Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>Hi Steve
>
>Mayber her therapist (read that so-called friend who urged her to go
public)
>told her it would be good for her to mount this campaign to mend her
emotional
>wounds <TIC>. She seems to have the same type of friend that Monica and
>Kathleen had. Monica had Linda Tripp, Kathleen Wiley had the friend with
the
>letter, and now Paula has the friend who twice urged her to go public with
>this. Seems like a pattern here--all have friends who are eager to help.
And
>now Paula's husband is suing TWA, oh my, the "sue bug" (not you Sue <g>) is
>making the rounds in the Jones' house.
>
>jackief
>
>Steve Wright wrote:
>
>> Steve Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> If she was suffering from so much emotional injury, she wouldn't have
been
>> able to mount such a ridiculous campaign against the president, she left
>> herself far more open to emotional stress than she would have suffered if
>> she left it alone. From my point of view this is just starting to get
tired
>> and boring. Our PM hasn't got the brains to run a piss up in a brewery
>> never mind the country.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Thursday, April 16, 1998 10:17 PM
>> Subject: L&I Jones Appeal Difficult, But Not Impossible
>>
>> >Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >
>> >
>> >Jones Appeal Difficult, But Not
>> > Impossible
>> >
>> > By Pierre
>> > Thomas/CNN
>> >
>> > WASHINGTON
>> > (April 16) -- Judge
>> > Susan Webber
>> > Wright's sweeping
>> > dismissal of Paula
>> > Jones' lawsuit makes
>> > an appeal extremely
>> > difficult -- difficult, but not impossible.
>> >
>> > Take, for instance, Jones' claim of emotional distress
>> > she says she suffered at the hands of then-Gov. Bill
>> > Clinton. "Mr. Clinton exposed himself to me that
>> > day," Jones has said.
>> >
>> > The idea that such behavior caused Jones no mental
>> > anguish might be difficult for a higher court to
>> >fathom,
>> > says one expert.
>> >
>> > "When Judge Wright dismissed the emotional distress
>> > claim, it raised concerns among many people that this
>> > claim is not unlike the claims of many women who
>> > are not arguing employment injury but rather
>> > emotional injury," said Jonathan Turley of George
>> > Washington University Law School.
>> >
>> > An appellate court might fear that blocking the Jones
>> > case from going to trial would have a chilling effect
>> > on hundreds of other sexual harassment cases.
>> >
>> > But in her ruling Judge Wright found Jones incurred
>> > no medical bills and never sought emotional
>> > counseling.
>> >
>> > In fact, Wright said Jones had no case, not for sexual
>> > assault. The judge said, "The conduct as alleged by
>> > plaintiff describes a mere sexual proposition or
>> > encounter, albeit an odious one, that was relatively
>> > brief in duration."
>> >
>> > And Wright said
>> > Jones had no case,
>> > not for sexual
>> > harassment. She
>> > ruled Jones "has not
>> > demonstrated any
>> > tangible job detriment
>> > or adverse
>> > employments action
>> > for her refusal to
>> > submit to the
>> > governor's alleged advances."
>> >
>> > That argument may be difficult to overturn on appeal
>> > and limits Jones' options, says one sexual harassment
>> > expert.
>> >
>> > "You have to show you weren't hired, you were
>> > fired, you were denied a promotion you should have
>> > gotten," attorney Lynne Bernabei said. "They are
>> > pretty strict about the kinds of sort of serious
>> > detriment you have to suffer in order to make out that
>> > kind of claim."
>> >
>> > But Bernabei says there is another important factor in
>> > the Jones case. Her appeal would be heard by the
>> > 8th Circuit, a court that is largely Republican
>> > appointed.
>> >
>> > That presents a mixed blessing. "It's sort of a unique
>> > case in that the Republican judges have been
>> > precisely the judges that have been so hostile to sex
>> > harassment cases. So in terms of ideology they
>> > would be against her. In terms of political, they may
>> > be for her," Bernabei said.
>> >
>> > In fact, that very court ruled against Clinton, saying
>> > he should face the Jones trial while he is still in
>> >office.
>> >--
>> >Two rules in life:
>> >
>> >1. Don't tell people everything you know.
>> >2.
>> >
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