IOWA CITY — A lawsuit against the University of Iowa and several university officials by a former professor has been dismissed in Johnson County District Court. Malik Juweid asked to withdraw his suit without prejudice and Judge Patrick Grady accepted it in November. In a Dec. 5 motion regarding another matter in the case, Grady [...]

An attorney representing the University of Iowa in a lawsuit has asked the judge to issue a protective order keeping a fired UI professor from contacting university employees about the case. George Carroll, an assistant attorney general with the state representing the UI defendants in the lawsuit filed by Malik Juweid, filed the motion last [...]

Fired University of Iowa professor Malik Juweid has reached an agreement with the Iowa Board of Medicine to no longer practice in Iowa. The agreement was approved by the Board of Medicine Friday, according to documents from the board. The board in November 2011 found cause to issue an order for Juweid to undergo a [...]

UPDATE: A University of Iowa professor said his erratic behavior and unprofessional conduct can be explained by cultural differences and by the mental stress he suffered working at the UI. A three-person judicial panel heard testimony and arguments Friday in a 2 1/2-hour hearing. They will make recommendations to UI President Sally Mason about whether [...]

A suspended University of Iowa radiology professor has sent a letter of resignation to the school after a lengthy battle that played out in the courts and is still costing the UI money. Malik Juweid’s former attorney Rockne Cole earlier this month withdrew his whistleblower lawsuit against UI officials, telling a judge his client would [...]

The lawyer for a suspended University of Iowa radiology professor has withdrawn from his whistleblower lawsuit against school officials. Iowa City attorney Rockne Cole stopped representing Malik Juweid last week after telling Judge Patrick Grady his client would not show up for a hearing. In a motion to withdraw, Cole says he has great respect [...]

IOWA CITY — A tenured University of Iowa professor who was placed on paid administrative leave in January 2011 for alleged “disruptive behaviors” and subsequently moved to medical leave, where he stopped earning wages, must be placed back on administrative leave and paid retroactively, a judge ordered Tuesday. Radiologist Malik Juweid has claimed the UI [...]

A University of Iowa radiology professor who has been suspended for one year over allegations of disruptive and harassing behavior is no longer getting paid. UI spokesman Tom Moore said Thursday that Malik Juweid is now on “unpaid administrative leave” and no longer collecting his $241,000 annual salary. Juweid complained in an e-mail the move [...]

Sixth Judicial District Judge Patrick Grady said Wednesday he hopes to rule by the end of the week on a request to have open depositions in a lawsuit involving the University of Iowa. At a hearing Wednesday morning in Johnson County District Court, Grady heard arguments from attorneys on both sides of the case. Rockne [...]

IOWA CITY — The embattled head of the University of Iowa Department of Radiology will step down from that position on Jan. 1, UI officials said today. Dr. Laurie Fajardo, an expert in breast imaging who joined the UI in 2002, will remain a member of the faculty and devote more time to her research, [...]