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Former Washington state football coach Nick Rolovich filed a $25 million wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the university after he was fired last year for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The claim was filed on April 27 with the state’s Office of Risk Management on behalf of Rolovic, according to the Seattle Times.
Such a claim is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit against a state agency, said Breonna Aho, a spokesperson for Attorney General Bob Ferguson. , a person has to wait 60 days to file a lawsuit.
Aho said no lawsuit had been filed as of Wednesday.
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Rolovich’s attorney, Kenmore’s Brian Fahling, did not return a phone message left in his office on Wednesday. He had previously suggested that Rolovich would take legal action, claiming religious discrimination.
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Catholic Rolovic. Religious exemption from Gov. Jay Inslee’s order requiring state employees to be vaccinated has been denied.
He was fired in October after coaching the Cougars in just 11 games over two seasons, going 5-6. Assistant coach Jake Dickert was briefly promoted to interim head coach and named to replace Rolovic after leading the Cougars to the Sun Bowl.
Fahling submitted a 34-page letter to the university appealing for Rolovich’s dismissal in November. The appeal was dismissed.
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At the time of his dismissal, Rolovich was working on a five-year contract with three seasons left on that deal. He was paid $3.2 million a year, the highest public salary in the state.