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Ex-SU president seeks dismissal of teachers’ suit
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Posted on Feb 06 2005
Jesus Taisague, the former president of the defunct Saipan University, wants the case filed against him by the university’s teachers and employees dismissed.
In an answer to the complaint, Taisague’s lawyer Joseph Aldan Arriola asked the Superior Court for the case’s dismissal.
Teachers and employees of the Saipan University have sued the learning institution and persons controlling the company for allegedly breaching their employment contracts and failing to compensate them.
The defendants in the civil action also include SU founder Park Soon Kyung, who had been sentenced to nine years and one month imprisonment for defrauding at least 88 students whom he recruited from China in 2003. The federal court had also directed Park to pay restitution to the 88 students in the total amount of $567,432.
Teachers and employees claiming for compensation and punitive damages in the Superior Court lawsuit include Franklin R. Perez, Christi Omengebar, William Primley, Anna Ludwick, Balbina Perez, Douglas Palacios and Troy M. Palacios.
The teachers and employees claimed that SU offered them employment sometime in Sept. 2003. Their lawyer, Colin Thompson, earlier declared that his clients accepted the employment offer and began working for the university, setting aside efforts to seek or accept alternative employment.
In September and October 2003, the university and its officers executed written contracts employing the teachers and staff for one year. On Dec. 19 of that year, however, SU instructed the teachers and staff not to return for work until notified otherwise, according to Thompson.
Thompson accused SU’s management of deceiving the teachers and staff. The university allegedly breached the employees’ employment contracts by failing to provide continuous work and compensation. (John Ravelo)
