The dean said the now 67-year-old 'had been around the block many times,' according to the lawsuit
EWING -- A former assistant music professor at The College of New Jersey has settled her age discrimination suit against the school for $145,000.
The music building at the The College of New Jersey in Ewing. A former music professor settled her age discrimination suit against the school for $145,000. Susan Guerrini, of Marlton, was let go by School of Arts Dean John Laughton in May 2011, about a month after the personnel committee agreed to re-appoint her, the suit says.
It was the only re-appointment overruled by Laughton, the suit says.
The news was first reported by NJ Civil Settlements, which provides a partial list of settlements paid by New Jersey government agencies and their insurers to those who have sued them.
Guerrini, now 67, alleges the dean told her she "had been around the block many times, in fact around the block quite a few times."
He also described a newly hired assistant music professor as "young," "innovative" and "fresh blood," the suit says.
Laughton was hired in 2009, a year after Guerrini.
Guerrini will receive $90,022.14 and the her attorneys received the rest --$54,977.86.
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