Ohio Professor Awarded $400,000 in Lawsuit Settlement Over University’s Pronoun Mandate

Ohio Professor Awarded $400,000 in Lawsuit Settlement Over University’s Pronoun Mandate
Shawnee State University professor Nicholas Meriwether in a file photograph. Courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom
Bill Pan
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A public university in Ohio has agreed to pay $400,000 to end a three-year legal battle in its failed attempt to force a philosophy professor to call students by their preferred pronouns.

As part of the agreement (pdf) announced Thursday, Shawnee State University will pay $400,000 in damages and attorney’s fees to settle the federal lawsuit with Nicholas Meriwether, a professor at its humanities department.
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