A former professor at the Teachers College of Columbia University who was fired for plagiarism has not convinced a state appeals panel that a lower court erred by throwing out the defamation action she filed against her ex-employer and others. The Appellate Division, First Department, affirmed the dismissal of Madonna Constantine’s defamation action on March 13, holding that the lower court was correct in ruling her claims were barred by collateral estoppel after she had already lost an Article 78 petition seeking reinstatement involving the same material issues.
A tenured professor, Ms. Constantine was fired in June 2009 after an investigation revealed she had allegedly plagiarized from two students and a fellow professor. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Paul Wooten dismissed Ms. Constantine’s defamation action in 2010, observing that her Article 78 petition and federal discrimination suit were also dismissed.
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