A Cook County judge Tuesday increased the amount of money to $3 million that Chicago State University must pay to a former employee who won a whistleblower case against the public institution last month.
James Crowley, the university’s former senior legal counsel, had been awarded $2 million in punitive damages and $480,000 in back pay after a jury decided last month that he was fired in retaliation for reporting alleged misconduct by university president Wayne Watson and other top officials. Read More