CHICAGO (AP) — A judge denied Northwestern's motion to dismiss former coach Pat Fitzgerald's $130 million lawsuit against the school claiming he was wrongly fired in the wake of a hazing scandal. Cook County Circuit Judge Daniel Kubasiak ruled Tuesday that Fitzgerald made a strong...
An attorney for former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald urged a judge Tuesday to move up the trial in a dispute over his firing, saying he can't get another major job until he puts a hazing scandal behind him. “It has decimated his career,” lawyer Dan Webb said. ...