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Court Ruling Prompts Local Hospital To Suspend Employee

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati says Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland can deny a medical degree for a student if the school decides the student lacks professionalism. The court overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the school to give Amir Al-Dabagh a degree. The school had argued that he lacked the professionalism to responsibly discharge his duties. The court says the school was within its rights to deny the degree. Officials at Riverside Hospital in Columbus have suspended Al-Dabagh until the case is resolved.  
 

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.