In court: a former vice president for Salisbury University sued the school for misleading him about the arrangements of his job, but a judge dismissed the lawsuit after less than two days of testimony in November

University Business, Dec, 2005 by Caryn Meyers Fliegler

IN COURT: A former vice president for Salisbury University (Md.) sued the school for misleading him about the arrangements of his job, but a judge dismissed the lawsuit after less than two days of testimony in November. Albert Mollica, who was fired in 2003, alleged that he took his job based on assurances that he could live in Lewes, a town about 40 miles from campus.

Mollica alleged that senior officials wanted him to move to Salisbury all along and negligently failed to tell him so before he spent $40,000 on a home. The dismissal of the suit was the second legal defeat in 2005 for Mollica; he also lost a sexual discrimination suit related to his termination earlier this year...