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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF MAINE  

KAREN A. PULKKINEN,    )
      )
  Plaintiff,    )
      )
v.      )    2:09-cv-00099-DBH  
      )
FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC., )
et al.,      )
      )
  Defendants   )


RECOMMENDED DECISION
AND ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT

Karen Pulkkinen has sued her former employer, Verizon New England, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Maine Human Rights Act, and Maine.s Whistleblower Protection Act.  Pulkkinen alleges she was the victim of discriminatory employment practices on the basis of sexual harassment.  She also alleges that she was the victim of discriminatory employment practices, including termination, in retaliation for reporting a violation of law.  Finally, Pulkkinen alleges she was terminated because of her disability.  The allegations stem from events that began in 2002 when Pulkkinen first complained that she was being sexually harassed by a co-worker.  The parties disagree over the sexual harassment allegations.  After a lengthy investigation Verizon concluded that no such harassment occurred.  In any event, eventually Pulkkinen left work, claiming post-traumatic stress disorder, arising from events that Verizon concluded had never happened.  When Verizon.s third party disability plan administrator, MetLife, determined that Pulkkinen was able to return to work, Pulkkinen demurred.  Verizon terminated her employment in light of her refusal to return to work without
conditions.  Verizon has now moved for summary judgment.1  I recommend that the court grant Verizon.s motion.
1  Following the submission of her brief in opposition to the motion for summary judgment, Pulkkinen filed what she has styled a

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