Judge dismisses Hussein’s first two suits
Saturday, Jun. 14, 2008 @ 6:55 am
A judge dismissed two more of former professor Hussein S. Hussein’s lawsuits against the university, spokeswoman Jane Tors said Friday.
The lawsuits were the first of 14 filed by the professor and the first two that looked destined for court. Seven others have been dismissed over the course of the legal battle and two are on appeal.
Hussein alleges vast mistreatment by the university, starting with Hussein receiving a poorer annual evaluation than he expected seven years ago. He also blew the whistle on poor animal care at university research farms, leading to 46 U.S. Department of Agriculture violations.
Since then, university officials have installed a “spy camera” near Hussein’s office, tampered with his lab and harassed graduate students, Hussein says in the suits.
The two lawsuits named 21 people, including former president John Lilley, former provost John Frederick and Hussein’s department heads.
In the legal battles that have followed, lawyers for the university have painted Hussein as unstable and disgruntled. Lawyer fees for the university ran almost $1.3 million for the first two suits.
In an unrelated decision, a judge denied Hussein’s appeal for reinstatement to the university.
Hussein was fired this spring for allegedly misusing research donations and not properly citing students on rough theses sent to research sponsors.
Officials tried to fire Hussein in 2005 but Hussein won the decision.
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