Jury Awards $849,000 to Former Wayne State Student

A jury on Thursday awarded $849,000 to a former student who says she was kicked out of the social work program at Wayne State University because of her pregnancy, the Associated Press reported. The university said she was removed for legitimate reasons. But the jury accepted the student's view that the university's poor evaluation of her was due to reviews she received on an internship, where she said her supervisor was offended by her status as an unmarried pregnant woman.