Free New Mexican: Fired professor settles with NMHU
New Mexico Highlands University has agreed to pay former math professor Gregg Turner $170,000 to settle a breach-of-contract lawsuit he filed last year after the school denied him tenure and fired him.
Turner confirmed the settlement agreement Tuesday and said nearly half his payment would go toward legal fees.
According to a U.S. District Court document, Turner and Highlands officials resolved the legal dispute at a settlement conference Saturday. That was the same day the school’s Board of Regents approved a separate agreement to pay Manny Aragon $200,000 and give him free health insurance through 2007 in exchange for his stepping down as university president Friday.
Highlands agreed to expunge its denial of tenure and its termination of Turner as part of the settlement with him, he said.
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