San Antonio Express-News: Ex-UTSA prof wins suit over trashed notes
Don’t touch those files.
This week, a federal court jury awarded $175,000 in damages to Philip Stotter, a former chemistry professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, for the loss of research materials tossed out by school officials during a forced cleaning of Stotter’s laboratory.
The jury held former UTSA provost Guy Bailey personally responsible for failing to give Stotter adequate notice before throwing out his personal property, sending the message that government administrators are not always protected by the state’s immunity from being sued, said Regina Criswell, Stotter’s lawyer.
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