Judge rules in favor of UM in Shannon Schweyen lawsuit

[John K]

I just saw this and don't know any of the details. I haven't followed this case closely at all, but based on what little I knew about it, it seemed like she had a pretty flimsy case

[RickRund]

I just saw this and don't know any of the details. I haven't followed this case closely at all, but based on what little I knew about it, it seemed like she had a pretty flimsy case

My thoughts exactly. I felt she had a 0% chance of winning.

In about 2004, bad memory, I had a knee replacement. 11 months later my company told me on a Wednesday to clean out my service truck on Friday. They had told me I could not do my duties, hog-wash, there was never one job I did not complete. 25 years with the company. I took them to court and lost. I am fairly jaded to our justice system.

[D-Wreck]

I just saw this and don't know any of the details. I haven't followed this case closely at all, but based on what little I knew about it, it seemed like she had a pretty flimsy case

My thoughts exactly. I felt she had a 0% chance of winning.

In about 2004, bad memory, I had a knee replacement. 11 months later my company told me on a Wednesday to clean out my service truck on Friday. They had told me I could not do my duties, hog-wash, there was never one job I did not complete. 25 years with the company. I took them to court and lost. I am fairly jaded to our justice system.

In the United States we have a legal system, not a justice system.

[Cledus]

I just saw this and don't know any of the details. I haven't followed this case closely at all, but based on what little I knew about it, it seemed like she had a pretty flimsy case

My thoughts exactly. I felt she had a 0% chance of winning.

In about 2004, bad memory, I had a knee replacement. 11 months later my company told me on a Wednesday to clean out my service truck on Friday. They had told me I could not do my duties, hog-wash, there was never one job I did not complete. 25 years with the company. I took them to court and lost. I am fairly jaded to our justice system.

In the United States we have a legal system, not a justice system.

Her record as a head coach wasn't very good and players were leaving because of her. What would justice have been? What justice do the players get?

[D-Wreck]

I just saw this and don't know any of the details. I haven't followed this case closely at all, but based on what little I knew about it, it seemed like she had a pretty flimsy case

My thoughts exactly. I felt she had a 0% chance of winning.

In about 2004, bad memory, I had a knee replacement. 11 months later my company told me on a Wednesday to clean out my service truck on Friday. They had told me I could not do my duties, hog-wash, there was never one job I did not complete. 25 years with the company. I took them to court and lost. I am fairly jaded to our justice system.

In the United States we have a legal system, not a justice system.

Her record as a head coach wasn't very good and players were leaving because of her. What would justice have been? What justice do the players get?

I wasn't referring to this case at all. Just speaking generally, as it seems my sentiment may match Mr. Rund's experience as he shared it.

[MSU01]

I don't know enough about the details of the lawsuit to comment on the verdict, but I do know that UM hiring Schweyen in the first place was one of the best things to ever happen to the MSU women's basketball program. Now we've got our long-time head coach with a highly successful record, and they're the ones trying to play catch-up and rebuild their program to anywhere near what it once was.

[Grizfan7]

SS didn't have a wrongful termination case, and that wasn't what the case was based on. Her case was based on sex discrimination. UM and Haslam treated her worse than they treated men's coach, her complaint said. Her law firm was a hotshot boutique law firm from Wash DC. I had assumed that they had found some stuff that would stick, although I had not looked at the case or what they alleged. The federal judge, Dana Christiansen,who decided the case upon an early motion, is a smart guy and very good judge. I would guess that the law firm and SS were stunned that they lost this early in the case, but I have no inside info and don't know.

Big win for Haslam and UM.