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Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
This case presents a costly lesson for teachers and for districts that include a liquidated, or stipulated, damages clause in their teacher employment contracts. Although the court enforced the clause in this case, in this well-reasoned recent decision and in most of the much older, canvassed case law from other jurisdictions, the answer to the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Public School Teachers, Teacher Employment, Contracts
