Date: 12-19-2003

Case Style: Ted D. Spring v. Tom E. Umphrey

Case Number: 00-CV-1316

Judge: U W Clemon

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Plaintiff's Attorney: Jon C. Goldfarb and Rocco Calamusa, Jr. of Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantazis, Birmingham, Alabama

Defendant's Attorney: J. Victor Price, Alabama Education Association, Montgomery, Alabama

Description: Spring reported allegations of academic fraud, scholarship fraud, possible credit hours inflation and other possible illegal acts in 1998 to the president, the chancellors and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. He claimed that the defendant then was fired on the basis that he was insubordinate, incompetence and for neglect of duty in 1999.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $2.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: None