Penn State has asked for a delay to defend the whistle blower case filed against them by Mike McQueary.
Attorneys for Penn State want McQueary’s case halted until the ongoing cases against McQueary’s bosses can be settled in court in January.
Penn State lawyers filed paperwork with Centre County Court judges Monday morning, they want McQueary’s case delayed until at least next year.
Mike McQueary is suing Penn State for defamation and wrongful termination, asking for four million dollars.
McQueary was let go from his coaching position after testifying to seeing Jerry Sandusky sexually abuse a boy in a Penn State locker room shower in 2001.
It was that claim that led to the firing of Joe Paterno and charges of perjury and failure to report child abuse against his former bosses, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz. They are scheduled to go to trial in January.
The university filed a motion arguing Mcqueary’s suit should be delayed until their trials are complete. Lawyers call the cases “parallel” and say the university would be prejudiced if forced to handle both at the same time.
In the motion, they compare the stay to delays in civil trials courts approved pending the criminal trial of Sandusky.
You may remember jurors found McQueary credible enough that they found Sandusky guilty of 4 out of 5 counts related to the McQueary claim.
Courts typically have a broad say in whether to grant a delay or not.
Attorneys for Penn State want McQueary’s case halted until the ongoing cases against McQueary’s bosses can be settled in court in January.
Penn State lawyers filed paperwork with Centre County Court judges Monday morning, they want McQueary’s case delayed until at least next year.
Mike McQueary is suing Penn State for defamation and wrongful termination, asking for four million dollars.
McQueary was let go from his coaching position after testifying to seeing Jerry Sandusky sexually abuse a boy in a Penn State locker room shower in 2001.
It was that claim that led to the firing of Joe Paterno and charges of perjury and failure to report child abuse against his former bosses, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz. They are scheduled to go to trial in January.
The university filed a motion arguing Mcqueary’s suit should be delayed until their trials are complete. Lawyers call the cases “parallel” and say the university would be prejudiced if forced to handle both at the same time.
In the motion, they compare the stay to delays in civil trials courts approved pending the criminal trial of Sandusky.
You may remember jurors found McQueary credible enough that they found Sandusky guilty of 4 out of 5 counts related to the McQueary claim.
Courts typically have a broad say in whether to grant a delay or not.