A federal jury has awarded a former project director for the University of Georgia almost $1.3 million for her claims that her former boss falsely accused her of stealing state-owned equipment, resulting in her arrest, destroying her career and sending her into a suicidal depression.
The plaintiff, Terrie Buckner, worked for UGA administering a grant-funded program that trained early-childcare instructors; her boss was Karen Shetterly, head of UGA’s Grants and Contracts Department.
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