Dr. Barbara Salamon was a physician with hospital staff privileges at Our Lady of Victory Hospital when she claims her supervisor began sexually harassing her.

Generally, physicians with hospital staff privileges are deemed independent contractors and are not offered the same civil protections as employees. But regardless, Salamon filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in 1999, claiming the Lackawanna, N.Y., hospital violated her Title VII and New York City Human Rights Law (NYHRL) rights.