July 16, 1999
N.J. Professor Must Pay Legal Bills, Court Says
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled last month that the state is not required to pay the legal expenses of a professor at Montclair State University who was sued by a student over a grading dispute.
In a 5-to-2 decision, the court said the state had no obligation to indemnify the professor, Barbara Chasin, because she had ignored the advice of the state's Attorney General.
The dispute began in 1990, when James Lloyd, a student in
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