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Ex-Teacher's Case May Get 2nd Hearing

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Ann Arbor News, November 11, 1993
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ANN ARBOR 

Ex-teacher's case may get 2nd hearing

The Ann Arbor Board of Education has opted not to ask the Michigan Supreme Court to hear a wrongful discharge case brought by a former Huron High School teacher who was later convicted of murder - at least not yet.

Last month, the Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of Morris Abrahams, who claimed the Ann Arbor schools wrongly fired him in 1980 after female students accused him of sexual misconduct. Abrahams murdered his wife four years later and is currently serving a life sentence.

Instead of appealing to the Supreme Court, the district has opted to file a request for a rehearing with the Court of Appeals. If that is refused, the district can still appeal to the Supreme Court.

At stake is $240,000 in back pay, which the Court of Appeals has ordered the Ann Arbor schools to pay Abrahams for the years between his firing and his murder conviction.