Lehmann v. Board of Trustees of Whitman College

Plaintiff husband (plaintiff) was dismissed from his tenured position as a professor at Whitman College. Plaintiff sued for reinstatement and for $2 million damages for libel and damage to his professional standing. The libel claim was dismissed upon defendants' summary judgment motion and was not appealed. The trial court upheld the dismissal of plaintiff, denied damages and dealt with other details which we will discuss later. In essence, we affirm.

Plaintiff's difficulties began when two Whitman female students reported to the acting college president (president) that plaintiff had made…