Beth Burns Former San Diego State Womens Basketball Coach Settles Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
Posted April 5th, 2018. For more information contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, , jamie@newspros.com SAN DIEGO, APRIL 5, 2018 – Beth Burns, the winningest women’s basketball coach in San Diego State University history (SDSU) inked a final settlement agreement with the University, putting a period on long and contentious litigation which began in 2014. The settlement follows a September 2016 victory in California Superior Court when a jury awarded Coach Burns $3,356,250 in damages. “This settlement is a milestone in the fight for gender equity in women’s college athletics as well as a warning shot to university athletic departments across the country, said, , a partner at . “Athletic Departments need to follow the rules. If they want to fire a coach or anyone else in their departments, there is a right way and a wrong way, right reasons and wrong reasons. San Diego State fired Beth for the wrong reasons in the wrong way. This settlement should put universities on notice that if they don’t follow the rules, it will be costly.” In the fall of 2016, and Patterson Law Group successfully tried Beth’s case to verdict. A five-woman, seven-man jury delivered the verdict, after two days of deliberation following four […]