The Coalition of the Swilling

They awarded him $1 in damages!

Oh man what a slap. That is sweet.

Still, I wish they'd found him guilty of plagiarism (he probably IS) and justified the university for firing his ass.

People like HIM give people like ME (I am also a college professor) a bad name.

I'm just so disgusted by this turd I can't comment.

The problem is that now they've found in favor of Dickless he can get his old job back.

True that, Cullen. But unless his lawyer was working pro bono, the jerk is out fees, costs, AND back wages. So there's a little satisfaction.

It would be best to bounce this turkey out onto the street. But that ain't gonna happen.

The University of Colorado has to pay Churchill's fees, costs, and back wages in addition to the $1, Jeffs. This is not as small a judgement as it sounds like in the headline.

I missed that, Rob. Dang!

That dollar should have been in the form of one hundred pennies loaded up in a sock.

One dollar is the traditional award of "nominal damages" when a civil jury finds the defendant liable but that the damages are so slight as to be essentially meaningless. The problem here is that, yeah, nonetheless, it's a judgment in Churchill's favor and will probably get him his job back. Unless there are grounds for appeal: I assume the jury's findings of fact over in civil court where there's no double jeopardy can be reviewed for an abuse of discretion, but perhaps there are other issues in the conduct of the trial that an appellate court could look at de novo.

OT:

Thanks for the wine suggestion, Bing.

I bought a Peter Vella box on Friday evening.

It is exquisite (especially for $13).