Ex-Morehouse Professor Takes Step Toward Job Retaliation Trial

A “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” screenwriter who used to teach at Morehouse College should get a trial over whether the school terminated him because he advocated for some of his disabled students, a magistrate judge recommended.

Morehouse wanted summary judgment on retaliation claims filed by Eric Baker—professionally known as Adisa Iwa—in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, arguing he was fired for his failure to get a terminal degree. But the college was unsuccessful in convincing Magistrate Judge Linda T. Walker that no reasonable jury could find a connection between the provost learning of ...