Gunasekera v. Irwin

OPINION AND ORDER

ALGENON L. MARBLEY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Jay S. Gunasekera, Ph.D.’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. 51). For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs Motion is GRANTED.

II. BACKGROUND

A. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Dr. Gunasekera led a distinguished academic career as the Moss Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Russ College of Engineering and Technology of Ohio University. For fifteen years, Dr. Gunasekera served as Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. In 2004, a graduate student alleged plagiarism in…