Jury Awards Former Coach $3.36 Million in Wrongful Termination Action

A California jury has awarded Beth Burns, the former women's basketball coach at San Diego State University history (SDSU), $3,356,250 after considering her wrongful termination claim against the school.   SDSU terminated Burns in April 2013 with four years left on her new 5-year contract. The jury found that SDSU acted improperly by firing Burns after she had expressed concerns about gender equity at the school.   The institution had claimed its decision to remove Burns was based, in