PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Supreme Court Friday put to an end a lawsuit brought by a former state prosecutor alleging she experienced a pattern of discrimination while working for the attorney general's office under Patrick Lynch.
DAWN HUNTLEY
The high court found that Dawn Huntley was barred from pursuing the lawsuit in state court because a near identical action was dismissed in federal court after Huntley failed to respond to a motion to dismiss.
The decision voids a ruling by Superior Court Presiding Justice Alice Gibney that the lawsuit should stand because the state did not prove the dismissal of the federal lawsuit was a final judgment.
Huntley alleged she experienced systemic discrimination, offensive comments regarding her sex and race, and was denied job promotions and pay raises.