October 8, 1999

Former Professor Wins Wrongful-Termination Suit Against Mount Marty College

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN

A South Dakota jury last month awarded $165,000 to a former professor at Mount Marty College after deciding that he had been wrongfully terminated.

The award went to Jerry W. Wilson, a tenured professor of English and journalism whom Mount Marty fired in 1998, after he criticized the leadership style of its president, Mark Hurtubise, calling him a "tyrant."

Mr. Wilson, now an editor at South Dakota Magazine, had sought reinstatement. But the jury only

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