Former Basketball Coach Loses Battle for Attorney Fees

A Florida appeals court has reversed and remanded an administrative order granting full attorney fees to former University of South Florida women’s basketball coach Jerry Ann Winters, who had sued USF for wrongful termination. Specifically, the appeals court found that the administrative law judge failed to consider the relationship between the coach’s successful and unsuccessful claims in awarding fees.   The underlying facts of the case centered on allegations that Winters discriminat