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Last Friday, an Eastern District of Pennsylvania court dismissed Hayriye Beril Gok’s claims in two business tort and antitrust lawsuits, derivative of an initial sexual harassment suit filed by the plaintiff. The opinion, dismissing the federal claims with prejudice, for now concludes the cases stemming from what the plaintiff contended was her illegal termination from the medical residency program at Mercy Catholic Medical Center (Mercy) in 2015.
The court explained that in the plaintiff’s first case, the hospital secured summary judgment after the plaintiff twice appealed to the Third Circuit. “It is important that Plaintiff’s current claims stem from perceived wrongdoings throughout that litigation,” the court wrote.
Katherine B. Emery will end her tenure as Washington Countyâs president judge, but without skipping a beat, she expects to return in January as a senior judge retaining her current caseload.
Emery, who turned 65 in late November, wrote of her intention to Gov. Tom Wolf early that month, receiving an acknowledgement from his office last week.
The novel coronavirus pandemic, which has resulted in judicial emergencies and played havoc with court schedules, had no bearing on her decision, Emery said.
âI talked to all the other judges at the beginning of the year â before the pandemic â that I was planning on retiring sometime in 2020,â the judge said in a phone interview Tuesday.