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Ĭopyright Association of Trial Lawyers of America Oct 1999 However, the court said this was not reversible error. Section 1981 does not provide a claim to a person affiliated as an owner or employee with a contracting party, the court noted. Specifically, the court found that Guifiani-unlike his company-did not have a sec 1981 claim because he did not contract with defendant. Moreover, the theory is subject to other limitations. Im a married mom to an energetic 8-year-old boy, so Im always. Wolf graduated from the Harvard Medical School,Harvard Medical School in 2007. Karen Frink Wolf (Portland, Maine) Karen Frink Wolf Verrill Dana LLP. WOLFE KAREN FRINK: 54,000 : 9242/ 343 : : THE OMNI GROUP: 0 : 8181/ 92 : : Building Information. Jen is honored to work with her patients at Greater Portland Health. Appraisal Valuation Year Improvements Land Total 2021: 711,800. The court said that although these problems may be considerable, the hostile work environment theory is likely to be useful only to independent contractors who work on site. WOLF ALAN E Assessment 1,069,700 Appraisal 1,069,7 Building Count 1 Tax Sheet 233. The court rejected defendant’s argument that companies will bear an unfair burden if they are responsible for protecting not only their own employees from racial harassment, but also all the contractors with whom they deal. Friedman and Friedman & Babcock, Portland, ME, were on brief, for appellee. Moreover, nothing in the statute’s legislative history suggests Congress objected to providing independent contractors the same benefits that employees receive under sec 1981. The section’s language embraces all contracts, including those of an independent contractor, the court said. Guiliani and his company sued WalMart, alleging hostile work environment under sec 1981, among other claims.Īffirming, the court noted that nothing on the face of sec 1981 forbids a hostile environment claim by an independent contractor. In March 1995, a Wal-Mart manager terminated its contract with Guiliani’s company, claiming dissatisfaction with the work that Guiliani had performed for the store. Over the next few months, Guiliani was allegedly racially harassed by a Wal-Mart employee. Here, in September 1994, Guiliani, a Mexican American, signed a contract on behalf of his company to perform parking lot maintenance for a Wal-Mart store. The First Circuit Court of Appeals held that an independent contractor can bring a hostile work environment claim under 42 U.S.C. Independent contractor can bring lawsuit alleging hostile work environment under 42 U.S.C.