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Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Indiana Decisions - Court overturns verdict against DePauw

"Court overturns verdict against DePauw" is the headline to this AP story this afternoon posted on the Indianapolis Star website. Some quotes:

GREENCASTLE, Ind. -- The Indiana Court of Appeals overturned a jury's verdict finding that DePauw University had improperly punished a former part-time teacher who claimed she was removed for keeping copies of a conservative Christian magazine in her classroom.

The appeals court ruling issued Tuesday said the judge should have ruled in DePauw's favor and not allowed the lawsuit filed by Janis K. Price to go to trial. The ruling also rejected Price's argument that her claim of religious harassment was wrongly dismissed by the trial judge. [Ms. Price, according to the story, was represented by attorney John Price.]

The decision throws out the $10,401 in damages for lost wages a Clay County jury awarded to Price after a trial last year on allegations that DePauw did not properly follow policies in its faculty handbook when reducing her duties.

DePauw attorney John T. Neighbours said today the appeals court ruling was a vindication of the United Methodist-affiliated university. * * *

The opinion is not available online; apparently it was classified as Not for Publication by the Court of Appeals. If I can obtain a copy, I will post the link to it here.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 15, 2004 06:47 PM
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