HOWARD UNIVERSITY v. ROBERTS-WILLIAMS

Nos. 10-CV-474, 10-CV-529.

37 A.3d 896 (2012)

HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Appellant, v. Sybil J. ROBERTS-WILLIAMS, Appellee. Sybil J. Roberts-Williams, Appellant, v. Howard University, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy F. McCormack , with whom Michelle M. McGeogh , Baltimore, was on the brief, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Woodley B. Osborne , with whom Robert B. Fitzpatrick and Daniel S. Kozma , Washington, were on the brief, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before FISHER, Associate Judge, and STEADMAN and REID, Senior Judges.


REID, Senior Judge:

Professor Sybil J. Roberts-Williams filed a lawsuit against her former employer, Howard University ("Howard"), after she was denied tenure as a faculty member in the Department of Theatre Arts. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Howard on three of the special verdict questions, but found that Howard had breached its contractual obligations to Professor Roberts-Williams "by failing to provide her with [1] written biennial evaluations . . ....

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