UMKC settles lawsuits with professor who alleged retaliation
August 30, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A University of Missouri-Kansas City associate professor whose complaints led to the eventual ouster of a top pharmacy professor has agreed to a $360,000 settlement of two lawsuits he filed alleging that university officials retaliated against him because of his allegations.
The University of Missouri system's governing board reached the settlement with Mirdul Murkherji, of Lenexa, Kansas, two weeks before a trial was scheduled to begin on Murkherji's complaints of employment discrimination and work harassment, The Kansas City Star reported.
Murkherji's attorney, Gerald...
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