September 23, 2019
An arbitrator acted within his authority by reinstating a fired nurse accused of mistreating a transgender teenage patient, a Massachusetts federal judge has ruled, saying the arbitrator was empowered to decide whether the firing had been for just cause.
August 30, 2018
A Boston hospital urged a federal judge to reverse an arbitrator's ruling so it could fire a nurse who allegedly mistreated a teenage transgender patient by letting a colleague yank a chair out from under her, saying the galling facts alleged are grounds for a rare arbitration flip.