The most precedent-setting aspect of Jensvold v. Shalala to date came in the August 1993 summary judgment ruling on the case, not in the 1994 trial. The August 1993 ruling found that mentoring is protected under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. That ruling is unaffected by subsequent events.
On April 1, a unanimous jury of eight Maryland citizens ruled that David Rubinow's treatment of Margaret Jensvold at the National Institute of Mental Health constituted discriminatory mentoring, as well as sex discrimination and retaliation. This was precedent-setting in that it was the first time, to our knowledge, that a person has been found to have committed discriminatory mentoring.
When the Supreme Court ruled on April 26 that the Civil Rights Act of 1991 is not retroactive, the jury's decision in Jensvold v. Shalala reverted to an advisory ruling. The judge will now rule on the merits of the ...
