Court Dismisses Part of Wrongful Termination Suit Brought by Coach

A federal judge from the Western District of Pennsylvania has provided some relief to the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), which is defending itself in a wrongful termination suit brought by its former head football coach.   Specifically, the court granted a motion to dismiss the third count of a complaint, which centered on plaintiff Michael A. Haywood’s allegation that the university violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, when it fired him 17 days into