Civil Litigation
Jun. 3, 2019
Ex-Caltech researcher cries on the stand in trial over his job loss
An emotional Farshid Roumi took the stand Friday and testified his life has changed since his ouster from the Pasadena-based California Institute of Technology in 2016.
An emotional Farshid Roumi took the stand Friday and testified his life has changed since his ouster from the Pasadena-based California Institute of Technology in 2016.
"I never cry," a distraught Roumi said. "This is not who I am. I used to enjoy life as a normal person. Now I don't have anything in my life."
The researcher, who filed a wrongful termination suit against Caltech in 2017, testified...
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