A registered nurse at Taunton State Hospital has filed a lawsuit alleging that the psychiatric facility failed to adequately address sexual misconduct by a fellow employee and did not protect her from subsequent harassment and retaliation by co-workers. The suit was filed Wednesday and names Mark Green, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Department of Mental Health, and two other hospital employees as defendants.
According to the complaint, Green, a recovery treatment worker at the hospital, exposed himself to the plaintiff and another staff member. He also allegedly demanded oral sex and exposed himself to a third co-worker during a ride home. The plaintiff’s attorney, Peter Farrell, said these incidents occurred over multiple years, including a 2022 event during the car ride and a further episode in 2024. The hospital reportedly took no disciplinary action after the 2022 incident, deeming it off-campus, but suspended Green after the 2024 exposure.
Green faces felony charges of lewdness and indecent assault and battery, as well as misdemeanor indecent exposure in Taunton District Court. His attorney, Joseph Krowski, has denied the criminal allegations and stated that Green intends to contest the charges at trial. Krowski declined to comment on the civil suit, citing that he had not reviewed it.
The nurse, who remains employed at the hospital working with patients recovering from addiction, alleges in the suit that Green entered a supply closet during her night shift on September 8, 2025, woke her by kicking her, exposed himself, and touched her inappropriately. She reportedly froze in fear but Green left the room without further assault. She reported the incident to both police and hospital officials later that day, with Green arrested two days later.
Despite the arrest, court and state records show that Green was on the Department of Mental Health’s payroll until late May 2026. He was suspended immediately after the complaints surfaced, placed on unpaid leave shortly thereafter, and terminated in May. The Department of Mental Health confirmed through an emailed statement that it investigates all sexual assault complaints thoroughly and takes employee safety seriously.
The lawsuit also accuses hospital supervisors of failing to protect the nurse from ongoing harassment by Green’s friends and co-workers following his arrest. The plaintiff alleges that some colleagues rallied in support of Green, filed complaints against her, and spread gossip aimed at discrediting her. The suit contends that these actions created a hostile work environment and that supervisors delayed transferring the offending co-workers, while offering to move the plaintiff instead. According to Farrell, the plaintiff began reporting this retaliation by October 2025, but some alleged harassers were not relocated until months later after an independent state investigation found policy violations.
The nurse reportedly had established a safety plan to remain on the unit where she felt most competent and familiar with patients. The suit claims that forcing her transfer instead of relocating the retaliating staff was punitive and a management failure. Union representatives declined to comment on the matter, citing the pending litigation.
The lawsuit seeks to hold hospital management accountable for sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, intimidation, and a hostile work environment resulting from inadequate responses to repeated misconduct allegations.