College of DuPage's legal bill to fight Breuder lawsuit: $527,600 and climbing

[TexasTowelie]

The College of DuPage has incurred at least $527,600 in legal expenses defending the 2015 decision by former board Chairwoman Kathy Hamilton and three trustees to fire former President Robert Breuder and deny him a controversial $763,000 buyout.

That number, obtained from the college through a Freedom of Information Act request, likely will climb significantly higher because it includes bills only through last May. COD officials say there are additional bills but the college can't release them until it confirms that its insurance provider has paid them.

And with Breuder still challenging his termination in federal court, the cost of the legal battle will continue to rise.

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Breuder sued the COD board and specifically Mazzochi, Napolitano, Bernstein and Hamilton, who has since left the board.

The lawsuit alleges breach of contract, conspiracy, defamation and violation of Breuder's due process rights. He is seeking more than $2 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

Read more: http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180111/college-of-dupages-legal-bill-to-fight-breuder-lawsuit-527600-and-climbing

[lunasun]

1. A tea party nightmare and when they started this against Brueder it was under the guise

of "not spending the people's money."
Oh and the college will still have to give him some buyout compensation and that's regardless of the lawsuit
This is in a republican area outside of Chicago and this tea revolt also almost lost their school accreditation at some point

[Cartoonist]

2. I went to that college

The parking lots were a half mile from the buildings. (slight exaggeration)

[TexasTowelie]

3. Considering the trend towards pedestrian campuses that isn't that far of a distance.

They put the parking lots on the perimeter so that the center of campus is a safe walk for everyone.

I suspect that you didn't expect to see news of your alma mater on DU though?

[Cartoonist]

4. A safe walk?

This is northern Illinois. Winter blizzards and spring rainstorms made those walks miserable.

I wouldn't mind reading news about my Catholic grade school being sold and turned into an office building.