Texas Tech must pay former professor, who is deaf, $500,000 for terminating him because of his disability

From The Avalanche-Journal in Lubbock, Texas:A Lubbock County jury on May 25 decided Texas Tech should pay a former professor more than $500,000 for discriminating against him because he is deaf.Michael L. Collier, Ph.D., a deaf, tenure-track assistant professor hired to teach American Sign Language and other courses relating to deaf culture, was abruptly dismissed in October 2006.The jury found