Webnews: Pat Fitzgerald ponders litigation over his firing by Nor

Pat Fitzgerald is gone from Northwestern, but he won’t be forgotten. Not at least until there’s a settlement of his contract.
Fitzgerald’s attorney, Dan Webb, has confirmed that Fitzgerald is “exploring potential breach-of-contract claims against the school
,” per the Chicago Tribune. Webb contends the termination for cause violated Fitzgerald’s contract, and that the initial two-week unpaid suspension was the product of a negotiated agreement between Northwestern and Fitzgerald.
Webb claims that nothing new came to light between Northwestern’s receipt of the report conducted by a third-party law firm and the termination decision. This assertion clearly implies that the Read more…