A former accounting professor who sued Elon University for alleged wrongful termination earlier this year has lost both rounds in his legal fight: his first suit was dismissed from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina on May 27; and his second suit, filed in Alamance County superior court on June 10, was dismissed this week by a visiting superior court judge.
Wake County visiting superior court judge Sean Cole entered an order on Monday, August 10, concluding from the evidence and arguments last week that Elon University’s motion to dismiss should be granted.
Elon University had countered that the former professor’s allegations failed to state a “viable claim” on which relief could be granted, based on a motion to dismiss that the university filed last month in superior court…