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our student staff can be better prepared for the future.
Thank you for your time.

CP at 100 (emphasis added). To repeat, we lack a copy of David Martin's written thesis

proposal. The e-mail to Bjordahl mentions no safety concerns related to the lack of

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No. 34103-8-111
Martin v. Gonzaga University

padding in the basketball courts.

Julia Bjordahl replied to the March 6 e-mail by reiterating to David Martin the

policy of vetting the proposal with the next individual in the chain of command, who

Bjordahl believed to be Athletics Director Mike Roth. Bjordahl forwarded her e-mail

exchange to Mike Roth, who in tum forwarded the communication to Heather Murray,

Dan Berryman, and Chris Standiford.

On March 7, 2012, a student sustained a serious head injury from running into the

bare concrete wall in the Rudolf Fitness Center basketball court. An ambulance rushed

the student to the hospital. The student suffered a concussion and required stitches.

On March 8, 2012, Gonzaga University terminated David Martin's employment.

The termination letter stated that the university terminated Martin's employment for his

failure to correct past performance issues identified in his April 2011 performance review

and insubordination. According to David Martin, in a meeting wherein he was fired,

Chris Standiford told him that one of the reasons for his termination was the belief that

Martin gave information about student injuries taking place at the Rudolf Fitness Center

to the Gonzaga University student newspaper. According to Chris Standiford, Gonzaga

University did not fire Martin because of Martin's complaints about the lack of padding