UCLA Professor Files Lawsuit

[Kevin]

That statement is weak as hell. Because Head didn't follow an internal grievance process governed by an institution which had already displayed a strong bias against him, that's reason to cast aspersions?

They would've been better off saying that they can't comment due to privacy laws and left it at that.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by Kevin

That statement is weak as hell. Because Christian didn't follow an internal grievance process governed by an institution which had already displayed a strong bias against him, that's reason to cast aspersions?

They would've been better off saying that they can't comment due to privacy laws and left it at that.

I'm always wary of prepared statements that use terms like "absolutely outrageous" as well - such hollow, non-specific yet inflammatory-sounding rhetoric seems to be out of a playbook, rather than something that addresses a situation in a meaningful manner.

Relying on "the process" is almost never enough - and juries will keep awarding dollars until that lesson is learned.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Relying on "the process" is almost never enough - and juries will keep awarding dollars until that lesson is learned.

The lesson is that juries are "the process" and that setting up phony committees in order to discourage legitimate lawsuits is about as smart as a bag of hammers and will get you sued.

The only safeguard to these sort of claims coming up is to not hire or promote idiots. At a big formal institution like UCLA, I'm thinking the 'ol Peter Principle is at play here.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

I'm always wary of prepared statements that use terms like "absolutely outrageous" as well - such hollow, non-specific yet inflammatory-sounding rhetoric seems to be out of a playbook, rather than something that addresses a situation in a meaningful manner.

Yep.