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Judge rejects Lehigh U student's grade lawsuit
Posted: Feb 14, 2013 8:30 PM by AP Posted by Tony Spehar
EASTON, Pa. (AP) - A judge in eastern Pennsylvania has ruled against a former Lehigh University graduate student who sued to have a grade of C-plus changed to a B and was seeking $1.3 million in damages.
The Express-Times of Easton (http://bit.ly/VXlYj2) reports that Northampton County Judge Emil Giordano made the ruling Thursday in the lawsuit filed by Megan Thode.
Thode was seeking damages over the grade in a 2009 therapist internship course. She alleged the grade was retaliation because she supports gay marriage. She said the grade was preventing her from becoming a licensed therapist. An expert estimated Thode would suffer $1.3 million in damages in lost earnings.
Lehigh University argued that professors, not judges, possess the expertise required to make academic decisions. And the teacher testified she stood by the grade.
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