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Paul Champ, lawyer for former instructor Rod Cumberland, told court Friday that he's seeking $300,000 in damages as part of his wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the Maritime College of Forest Technology.
Fired instructor Rod Cumberland's behaviour at two seminars on herbicides was part of the focus Thursday as a court continued to hear his wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the Maritime College of Forest Technology.
Paul Champ, lawyer for Rod Cumberland, focused on an email sent by the head of the Maritime College of Forest Technology, listing reasons why Cumberland should be fired from his role as an instructor at the college.
Gareth Davies, academic chair of the Maritime College of Forest Technology, and Rod Cumberland's former supervisor, recounted Tuesday how Rod Cumberland became increasingly defiant, subordinate and oppositional toward his authority in the months leading up to his firing in June 2019.
A former student of Rod Cumberland testified he made sexist comments about women as part of a trial underway in the case of Cumberland's wrongful dismissal case against the Maritime College of Forest Technology.