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Beaty Decision (Carrington Lawsuit, Unindicted Players): Updated

By K.C. Johnson

In general, perhaps the most surprising element of this filing came not from Judge Beaty but from Duke spokesperson Michael Schoenfeld, who commented that a ruling in which Pres. Brodhead, Tara Levicy, Dean Sue Wasiolek, and Duke Health would remain as defendants, and thus be subject to depositions and discovery, and in which Duke professors were condemned for having committed possibly liable acts, (and, for the record, in which a federal judge affirmed Duke's argument that its handbook and bulletin aren't legally binding on Duke, a finding that I doubt very much Duke shares with too many prospective parents) worked out "as we had hoped."As I noted yesterday, the university did score a victory in the dismissal of claims against the most virulently anti-lacrosse member of the upper administration, Larry Moneta, who would have been a disaster for the university in any deposition...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on April 01, 2011 (boomark / email).