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Jury Awards Churchill $1 Damages
DENVER -- Controversial professor Ward Churchill has won his wrongful termination lawsuit against the University of Colorado.
After a day and a half of deliberations, six jurors on Thursday sided with Churchill, but only awarded him $1 in damages. Churchill has maintained that winning money was never his goal, but earning back his reputation and his job at CU was the reason for the suit.
"What's next for me? Reinstatement of course. That's what I asked for. I didn't ask for money. I asked for justice, and justice takes the form of the things I've talked about already in terms of exposing the falsity of the university's position -- which had nothing to do with scholarly integrity," Churchill said, wearing sunglasses, and surrounded by his supporters.
Churchill's attorney David Lane told 7NEWS money was not the primary motivator in Churchill's lawsuit and the university will still have to reimburse Churchill's attorney expenses, which will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"This case is not about the money. It has never been about the money. The jury did justice, and this is a great victory for the first amendment and academic freedom," Lane said.
Whether Churchill gets reinstated will be decided by Judge Larry Naves in a separate hearing."
LinkHopefully the judge tells him to pack sand and GTFO.
