LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for Texas Tech have told a judge that former football coach Mike Leach shouldn’t be able to sue the school.
Texas Tech says state law gives it sovereign immunity from Leach’s lawsuit over his firing last year. The school also wants administrators and regents stripped from the suit.
The judge in the case says a ruling will come later.
Leach was fired Dec. 30, two days after he was suspended following a claim from the family of receiver Adam James that the coach mistreated the player after he got a concussion. Leach has denied he mistreated James.
Tech attorneys claim Leach cannot sue the school because it is a state entity that can only be sued with permission from the state legislature or a waiver based on a defendant’s conduct.
