HOWARD UNIVERSITY v. LACY

Nos. 02-CV-464, 02-CV-554.

828 A.2d 733 (2003)

HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Appellant, v. Harold E. LACY, Jr., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel I. Prywes, Washington, DC, for appellant.

David W. Brown for appellee.

Before SCHWELB, FARRELL, and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.


SCHWELB, J.

This is an appeal by Howard University from a judgment in favor of Harold E. Lacy, Jr., for breach of an alleged contract of employment. Lacy was discharged following an incident on April 6, 1996, in which he allegedly placed a student in an illegal chokehold.

The alleged contract on which Lacy's case is based was the 1980 edition of the Howard University Employee (Non-Faculty) Handbook. The Handbook provides...

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