He was hired 16 years ago, so 2001. The settlement came in 2006 so unless he put in his resume that he molested teenagers, I don’t know how the university would know. She hadn’t filed yet so it wouldn’t appear in a background check and the terms of his contract may make it neigh impossible for him to be fired. The…

Okay, I’m going to ask the question: what does she think would be just in this case? She received a monetary settlement, the only legal recourse left to her because the statute of limitations expired before she came forward. He was fired by Mater Dei. He no longer works with underage students. So, what does she want…

His prior behavior puts him at odds with any Christian-based institution, point blank period.

Irish-Americans are notoriously ladder-pullers. I can’t count how many relatives of mine who grew up on government assistance are now Trump die-hards who are anti-Welfare and have the whole “NOBODY NEVER HELPED ME!” attitude. https://www.salon.com/2014/03/15/how_did_irish_americans_get_so_disgusting/

Indians just seem to be politically conservative in general. I don’t really know why and maybe it isn’t true in the wider population but it’s been my experience with Indians that I’ve met. Where other immigrant groups come here and vote political when they are able to, Indians seem to become conservative.

$38,500 annual salary for a cop doesn’t seem like very much.

Which would be bizarre coming from the Eatonville police department, which is one of the first “self-governing all-black communities in the US.”

I think it honestly depends on the union? My ex is a cop, granted not with this agency but there were mechanisms in place to remove someone who was considered an immediate danger beyond parking them at a desk. Most of the cops in his agency viewed this move as equivalent to a suspension, which at least there carried a…

Not lifetime in the sense that he could start cashing in now. It just vests after ten years. But he couldn’t tap into it until a certain age. Usually 65 or so but often 55 for cops.

That quote is some dirty fucking pool.

Playing devil’s advocate — we have no idea of the full story or his personnel file. Typically, civil service/public service employees are very difficult to let go. My husband worked for many years with a few pretty incompetent employees who were kept on simply because firing them was too much of a hassle for various…

“The facts as we know them have caused me as an administrator to be concerned for the health and safety of the citizens and those passing through the town. Most of that is confidential, so I won’t be able to say anything about that.”

“The facts as we know them have caused me as an administrator to be concerned for the health and safety of the citizens and those passing through the town. Most of that is confidential, so I won’t be able to say anything about that.”

If the accusations have been made in public, I can understand filing a defamation suit after you’ve categorically denied the allegations - at the very least, it goes to trial (I remember Connor Oberst did that when a false accusation was made against him). A pure intimidation suit (especially one after a procedure…

I don’t know if you are being sarcastic.....

The problem with those kinds of laws – speaking as a lawyer – is that they can easily get twisted around to prevent people with limited resources from pursuing valid cases against well-heeled defendants. That’s the reason IMO we have not and should not ever shift to the “loser pays” model that prevails in some…

OK so do you know how to do tort reform without making it harder for plaintiffs with valid grievances to have their day in court? Because “tort reform” usually seems to be Republican code for allowing corporations to dodge responsibility for injuries caused by them.

The courts have rule 11 sanctions for bringing frivolous lawsuits; not only is the plaintiff in trouble, but the attorney who brought the case. Here’s the problem; those sanctions are rare. Most often the court won’t even rule if a case has merit until after discovery (after substantial attorney’s fees and costs have…

And some of them have done nothing wrong

But whether those laws would protect someone making a statement on social media rather than filing a police report or going to the press, which is becoming an increasingly common tactic, is still unclear.