Principal Sues Midlands School District
A principal who resigned after allegedly having an affair with a school superintendent has sued her former employer, arguing that the circumstances surrounding her departure differed dramatically from those of her former male superior.
Melissa Cole – who resigned from Lexington-Richland School District Five last August – filed the suit yesterday in U.S. District Court.
Cole’s attorney, J. Lewis Cromer, declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Three weeks before Cole’s resignation last summer, former district Superintendent Scott Andersen resigned his post as well.
Their alleged affair made statewide news.
Developing …
Comments
By BIN News Editorial Staff on May 20th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
sic(k) willie may be able to get her on his Sunday night face off “radio” scam. They can discuss how vouchers will prevent scandals like this.
And how vouchers can prevent criminal domestic violence, genital warts, and that tired bloated feeling sic(k) willie gets every month.
Even a first year law student knew this would happen.
The only question was which local lawyer would be desperate enough to take it on contingency. She won’t get a dime.
And she may get stuck with court costs. Watch for her to be featured soon along with Mandeee as another contributing editor to fits.
By Mab on May 20th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Good for her. Godspeed to you, Melissa Cole.
*Newsflash*
Women are not disposable — our careers “count” too.
By WTF on May 20th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Yawn… who cares?
By Mincing Words on May 20th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
BIN, you are a moron who clearly knows nothing about how the law actually works. Lewis Cromer is “the man” when it comes to making a shitpile of money off government agencies in employment cases just like this one. Juries like to give away other people’s money. All Cromer needs is to get Margaret Seymour on the bench, or Kosko, and the case gets past summary judgment.
By Fashizzle on May 20th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
You’re idiots. Andersen was her supervisor – she can claim she was pressured and it becomes sexual harassment. And the male got a severence package while the female got nothing. Now you have sexual discrimination. This will quickly settle with a non-disclosure agreement attached. Write it down.
By Forizzle on May 21st, 2009 at 10:19 am
Pay the bucks now and get it over with. Save us all the lawyer fees.