Appeal of $5 Million Award

In response to reports that a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury awarded $5 million to Dr. Jorge Ferrer, professor and medical director of microbiology, clinical studies/New Bolton Center at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University Relations Director Kenneth J. Wildes said, "We are very disappointed in the verdict and we will appeal."

The jury found against the University and three administrators who were in office in 1990, when Dr. Ferrer was sanctioned for research conduct involving lambs not segregated from a herd after innoculation with a virus (Almanac 7/17/90 -1/26/93). Some details of the lawsuit are in the February 23 Daily Pennsylvanian and in the February 25 Academe Today, the Chronicle of Higher Education's online edition


Almanac, Vol. 45, No. 23, March 2, 1999

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