Bernstein's Lover Loses Round

Mark Taylor, identified as having had an "intimate relationship" with Leonard Bernstein in a 1994 biography of the late composer and conductor, has suffered a reversal of his sexual orientation discrimination verdict against New York University Medical Center (NYUMC).

A three-judge Appellate Term panel of the New York County Supreme Court, on September 10, reversed a civil court jury verdict that Taylor lost his job as NYUMC's director of external affairs because of anti-gay bias by Peter Ferrara, who became his supervisor just four months before he was discharged.

If the jury verdict, adjusted somewhat by the trial judge, had stood, Taylor would have collected $1.6 million in damages.

Bernstein's Lover Loses Round