Professor Fired for Mocking College Loses Appeal to Regain Job

A former professor isn’t entitled to reinstatement after Marywood University fired him for producing videos critical of the school and its administrators, a split Third Circuit panel affirmed Oct. 8.

Frederick F. Fagal Jr. argued Marywood didn’t follow the necessary steps under his employment contract, according to the court.

But the district court didn’t clearly err in finding that Marywood complied with the terms of the contract, the appeals court said in an unpublished opinion Oct. 8.

Both the majority and the dissent said the policy incorporated into the contract contained ambiguities. But they differed on how to handle the ...