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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980
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494 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [December 12 the plaintiff was readmitted to the program in September 1961 and that he thereafter completed all the required course work and other master's degree requirements, including the preparation of a thesis, with the exception of taking an oral examination to defend the thesis. He alleges that the University arbitrarily and capriciously refused to accept the thesis and refused to allow him to defend the same at an oral examination. Alternatively, he alleges that the University's refusal to accept his thesis was based solely on a dislike of him formed by the chairman of the department. Count I of the complaint seeks a writ of mandamus requiring the University to award the plaintiff a master's degree. Count I I alleges that the University has breached its enrollment contract with the plaintiff and seeks money damages in the amount of $100,000. I n addition, Count II requests an order directing the University to specifically perform its contract with the plaintiff by issuing him a master's degree. Pursuant to previous delegations by the Board of Trustees the university counsel has been given interim authorization to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to protect the interests of the University in this matter. T h e university counsel has recommended that such authorization be ratified, approved, and confirmed in all respects. I concur. O n motion of Mr. Velasquez, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, M r . Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Dr. Donoghue, M r . H a h n , M r . Neal, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Grady, Mr. Sobotka; no, none; absent, Miss Wyncott.) Litigation Initiated by Carl W. Gehrke (23) A complaint has been filed in the Court of Claims for the State of Illinois (Case No. 80-CC-0425) by Carl W. Gehrke against the University, the state of Illinois, and the University of Illinois Veterinary Hospital Large Animal Clinic. T h e complaint alleges negligence in the treatment at the University's Large Animal Clinic of a registered trotting horse owned by claimant which resulted in the horse sustaining a broken hip. Recovery of $25,000 is sought for the alleged $15,000 market value of the horse, plus $10,000 alleged to have been expended in endeavoring to cure the broken hip. The university counsel has recommended that he be authorized to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to protect the interests of the University in this matter. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S o b o t k a , a u t h o r i t y w a s given a s r e c o m m e n d e d by t h e following v o t e : Aye, M r . F o r s y t h , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L e n z , M r s . S h e p herd, M r . Stone, M r . Velasquez; no, n o n e ; absent, Dr. D o n o g h u e , M r . H a h n , Mr. Neal, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote w a s : Aye, M r . Grady, M r . Sobotka; no, n o n e ; absent, Miss Wyncott.) Litigation Initiated by Augusto Grillo (24) A complaint has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Case No. 79 L 26038), by Augusto Grillo, a minor, by his father and next friend, William Grillo, seeking recovery of monetary damages in the amount of $250,000. The complaint alleges that in November 1977 the plaintiff was admitted to
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