"Student says C-plus cost her $1.3m, sues" Associated Press, February 14, 2013
EASTON, Pa. — Graduate student Megan Thode wasn’t happy about the C-plus she received for one class, saying the mediocre grade kept her from getting her desired degree and becoming a licensed therapist — and, as a result, cost her $1.3 million in lost earnings.
Now Thode is suing her professor and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, claiming monetary damages and seeking a grade change....
The C-plus prevented Thode, an otherwise A student, from going on to the next class and advancing in her professional therapist studies, the newspaper reported. She got a master’s degree in human development instead.
Thode’s attorney, Richard Orloski, argued that her instructor, Amanda Eckhardt, targeted Thode because she is an advocate for gay marriage....
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