Fresno State University moved into damage control mode last month after a 12-member jury ruled in favor of its former volleyball coach in her sexual discrimination suit against the university, awarding her $5.85 million in damages. The jury’s award exceeded the...
A former coach’s claim against a school board that approved her reassignment is still going strong after a federal judge denied the board’s motion to dismiss on two counts and allowed the plaintiff to refile on another. Plaintiff Lori Eaton was initially hired...
A federal court in the District of Minnesota has threatened to dismiss the claims of several girls’ ice hockey fans, who alleged that the Office of Civil Rights failed to properly investigate what they claimed was an act of sexual discrimination, unless the plaintiffs...
Discrimination Litigation over Angels Giveaway Offers More Than Meets the Eye By Ted Curtis* Could an Angels tote bag actually be about more than just a tote bag? A fan filed a class-action suit against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May 4, 2006,...
A federal judge in the Northern District of California has granted a plaintiff’s motion to compel in a case involving an Assistant Athletic Director, who was laid off by the University of California, Berkeley and subsequently sued the school and several individual...
A federal judge in the District of New Hampshire has denied a school district’s summary judgment motion in a case where a female lacrosse coach sued the district for discrimination. Specifically, the judge held that it was unclear “whether the school district’s...
A Massachusetts trial court has denied in part a motion for summary judgment, extending the viability of a gender discrimination and retaliation claim brought by a female golfer, who sought unsuccessfully to become a member at a country club. On June 26, 2000,...
A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois has sustained the claim of a teacher/would-be athletic director, who sued her school district/employer after it passed over her for the AD job, gave her a negative performance review and transferred her to an...
The former women’s basketball coach at the University of Miami has sued the school for age and gender discrimination. Ferne Labati, a 2004 inductee in the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame, alleged last month in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, that UM’s...
The legal dispute between Marilou Braswell, the former cheerleading coach of the University of Georgia, and her former employer took a predictable turn last month when Braswell filed an injunction that seeks her reinstatement. Braswell sued the university in...
After a week long trial, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, returned a verdict in favor of Emporia State University on all counts in the Maxine Mehus lawsuit. Mehus, ESU volleyball coach sued the university alleging that it discriminated...
A federal judge has denied a motion for summary judgment brought by the Minnesota State High School League against a group of parents, who are seeking to force the association to secure a venue for the state high school girl’s hockey tournament that is more...
