Court Dismisses Coach’s Defamation and Invasion of Privacy Claims

A federal judge from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has dismissed the defamation and invasion of privacy claims brought by a coach, who alleged that she was treated unfairly and ultimately terminated because she was an African-American female.   Erin White, the plaintiff, began working as a physical education teacher and coach at the Baldwin School, a private, all-girls school, in 2003.   On March 4, 2011, White was informed by Deborah Surgi, Baldwin's Director of Athletics and h