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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