Harvard Counter-sues Desiree Goodwin
“>Desiree Goodwin and Geoff Carens, her Union Representative leaving Federal Court [the House that Joe Moakley’s bricklayers built. Both are more handsome irl. :(]
Librarian and Information Science News reports:
“Talk about adding insult to injury, Desiree Goodwin , who lost her case for promotion against Harvard University and still retains the same low-paying job, has been told by her attorney, Richard Clarey, that Harvard has sent her a bill for $3,319; the legal expenses incurred during her civil rights trial against them.”
The full article includes a link to a May 24 interview with Desiree and a March 21 article from MSNBC.
The Boston Herald quotes Desiree’s lawyer Richard Clarey:
“I’ve seen it done in very big cases involving very big corporations,” said Clarey, vowing to oppose the motion. “But I’ve never seen it done in the case of a corporation whose assets (are) in excess of $23 billion. I’ve never seen it done against a plaintiff who has nothing.”
The guy by the door commentary: There were five lawyers retained by Harvard in the courtroom for the 10 days of the trial – Judith Malone of Palmer and Dodge, Richard Riley and John Coakley from Murphy and Riley, Eileen Finan from the Harvard Office of the General Counsel, and a jury consultant who declined to identify himself to me. A crude estimate of Harvard’s expenditure in the face to face portion of the trial;
5 lawyers x 10 days x 6.5 hours x $200 [low for Ms. Malone] = $ 65,000
[There must be an industry standard multilplier to get the real cost. Anybody?] So what is the significance of $3,319? It may be all that they can hope to win legally. How does it compare to the cost of the meetings and research to make the decision and file the court papers? I will complete my account of the trial posted at OpenHUCTW and keep you aprised of further developments here.
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