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MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:43 am
by HelenaCat95
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Must be big day in the MSU legal department.

Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:54 am
by SonomaCat
The judge really put a body slam on RPH in the process ... ouch!

Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:42 pm
by longhorn_22
Thank God this crap is over.

Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:43 pm
by coachouert
Wonder if she will file a lawsuit against the judge for sexual discrimination...

Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:00 pm
by grizzh8r
I feel for the folks at Linfield that have to deal with this crazy woman as their WBB coach. She shouldn't be coaching ANYBODY.

Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:00 am
by LTown Cat
Big surprise here :roll:

She's appealing

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Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:50 am
by SonomaCat
Can the courts force her to pay MSU's legal costs? It appears the first judge was quite clear in ruling that her lawsuit was bogus ... maybe there needs to be some risk on her end if she wants to keep pushing bogus claims (and costing the defendent's a lot of money in the process).

Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:54 am
by SonomaCat
Bay Area Cat wrote:Can the courts force her to pay MSU's legal costs? It appears the first judge was quite clear in ruling that her lawsuit was bogus ... maybe there needs to be some risk on her end if she wants to keep pushing bogus claims (and costing the defendent's a lot of money in the process).
I guess we should also be upset at her wasting the time and money it costs for each of these federal trials ... I really doubt the 9th Circuit is all that interested in hearing her bogus claims, either. They tend to have significantly more important cases to hear.

Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:58 pm
by bozbobcat
Bay Area Cat wrote:
Bay Area Cat wrote:Can the courts force her to pay MSU's legal costs? It appears the first judge was quite clear in ruling that her lawsuit was bogus ... maybe there needs to be some risk on her end if she wants to keep pushing bogus claims (and costing the defendent's a lot of money in the process).
I guess we should also be upset at her wasting the time and money it costs for each of these federal trials ... I really doubt the 9th Circuit is all that interested in hearing her bogus claims, either. They tend to have significantly more important cases to hear.
The 9th Circuit Court just might want to hear this case...it's crazy enough. No matter what any judge says to her, she'll want to take this to the Supreme Court if she can. But that's what being bat-crap crazy will do for a person.

I think the ruling is correct. She should have never been the coach here in the first place. Frank McCarthy stepped on his own ding-dong and had to pull out of the job that would have been his. I knew she'd be a problem when I saw her shaking hands with boosters before her first game, seemingly paying no attention to the players. Things only went downhill from there. However, this episode, once appeals are sorted out, can pass into the history books. The women's basketball program we have now is in fine shape, but Tricia Binford had to pull an amazing rebuilding effort to build up from Potera's damage.

Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:07 pm
by catamaran
bozbobcat wrote: I think the ruling is correct. She should have never been the coach here in the first place. Frank McCarthy stepped on his own ding-dong and had to pull out of the job that would have been his.
great choice in wording while reliving the situation

Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:20 pm
by Stingrays
I agree with the ruling and not a fan of that crazy woman.

But why didn't she have a jury trial?

Re: MSU prevails in Robin Potera-Haskins lawsuit

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:53 am
by MSU01
Stingrays wrote:I agree with the ruling and not a fan of that crazy woman.

But why didn't she have a jury trial?
Basically because only certain types of civil cases are granted the right to a jury trial - this obviously wasn't one of those.