Minnesota High Court Rejects Verdict against University Coach for Negligent Misrepresentation in Hiring

By Paul V. Kelly, Gregg Clifton, Antone Melton-Meaux, and V. John Ella, of the Jackson Lewis law firm   Ending five years of contentious litigation, the Minnesota Supreme Court has reversed a million-dollar jury verdict for negligent misrepresentation against the head coach of the University of Minnesota (U of M) men’s basketball team for offering an assistant coaching job to a former assistant coach only later to withdraw the offer. The university withdrew the offer after discovering th