Harvard breached its contract by failing to prevent her termination at the lab, by removing her from her position as a faculty member and by failing to prevent other retaliatory conduct by Bauer, according to the complaint.
Bodkin said the University's failure to enforce its policy has destroyed her career.
"I have made efforts to find work and friends of mine have made efforts and that has led no where," Bodkin said.
Harvard's Defense
Kimberly S. Budd, Harvard's attorney in charge of the case, said Bodkin's position does not fall within Harvard's domain.
"She wasn't Harvard's employee and neither was Dr. Bauer," Budd said. "The [Department of] V[eteran's] A[ffairs] is a government agency and we can't control what they do."
But, while Bodkin's salary did not come from the University, she performed duties for HMS.
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