LSU professor Ivor van Heerden's lawsuit asserts right to speak out on corps err...
Source: nola.com Posted By: Cindy A..5431 days ago
Ivor van Heerden, a geologist and marine scientist who was the public face of the state's Team Louisiana investigation of the causes of levee failures during Hurricane Katrina, filed suit Wednesday against Louisiana State University and several university executives, claiming that they fired him in retaliation for his repeated criticisms of the Army Corps of Engineers.
Van Heerden was told in April 2009 that his one-year contract with the university would not be renewed when it expired this M