John Haegert v. University of Evansville

DAVID, Justice.

An encounter between a tenured professor at a private university and his department head turned into a formal complaint of harassment against the professor. After extensive internal proceedings, the professor’s tenure was rescinded and he was dismissed from the university’s faculty. He filed suit claiming breach of his employment contract and tenure agreement, and the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the university. We affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural History

John Haegert joined the University of Evansville’s faculty in 1979 and received his tenure in 1982 as a…