Nursing Student Sues After U. of Louisville Expels Her for Online Posts About Patients

by E Wayne Ross on March 13, 2009

The Chronicle News Blog: Nursing Student Sues After U. of Louisville Expels Her for Online Posts About Patients

A former nursing student at the University of Louisville sued the institution in federal court yesterday, alleging that it had violated her free-speech and due-process rights by expelling her for her posts on MySpace, where she wrote about her patients, gun rights, and abortion, among other issues.