Ray v. Wilmington College

William W. Young, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Jerry Edward Ray, appeals a Clinton County Court of Common Pleas decision granting summary judgment to defendant-appellee, Wilmington College. The trial court concluded as a matter of law that the college’s decision to suspend Ray was not arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable.

Wilmington, a private nonprofit institution, placed Ray on indefinite suspension based upon an incident that occurred on October 10, 1993. A fellow student claimed that Ray had physically and sexually assaulted her at his off-campus apartment. The woman reported the incident…