Connecticut Appeals Court settle plagiarism case

March 11, 2010

Connecticut: The Connecticut Appeals Court has upheld a ruling against Cristina Duquette, a student at Central Connecticut State University, for her copying of a fellow students paper. Matthew Coster was expelled from the school in 2006 after school officials accused him of plagiarizing Duquette's paper. Coster then filed a lawsuit in order to clear his name, and the Superior Court ruled in his favor. Duquette appealed the case, but the Appeals court sided with Coster and has ordered her to pay Coster $100 for the use of the paper and $26,000 in punitive damages. Coster has since been readmitted to the university.

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