Judge tosses opera singer's lawsuit against the University of Michigan over firing A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by an acclaimed opera singer who sued the University of Michigan over his firing for what the school deemed sexual misconduct.
In a court filing, the university said waiting more than three years to sue was “inexcusable neglect” by Daniels or a “strategic decision.”.
David Daniels waited too long to sue the university, U.S. District Judge Sean Cox said.
A Rice University graduate student said the couple drugged and sexually assaulted him years earlier after they met at a Houston Grand Opera reception.
Daniels, 58, was hired as a voice professor in 2015 and granted tenure three years later in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
