MURRAY, Ky. — A Murray State University employee has filed a whistleblower and sex discrimination lawsuit against the university, stating she experienced retaliation after voicing concerns.
Wes Sullenger, an attorney with the Sullenger Law Office in Paducah, filed the lawsuit on Darcie Liddle’s behalf last week. She is MSU’s director of procurement services. The lawsuit’s timeline begins in November of last year, when she was appointed interim director. As director, her responsibilities include purchase orders, bids, capital projects and personal services contracts, making sure all of which comply with state law.
One of the main issues noted in the lawsuit was concerns over a multimedia rights contract with the company Learfield and the athletics department. The suit states Murray State's administration wanted a sole-source procurement contract for Learfield, which was already declined by Liddle’s predecessor. The suit says Liddle also believed that specific contract would not comply with state laws and advised the administration to have a competitive bid.
However, MSU President Ron Patterson approved and signed the sole-source procurement contract anyway.
The suit says there were other instances where Liddle voiced concerns or advice to Patterson, but they were later dismissed, including allowing a consultant to perform work without the required Personal Services Contract and raising concerns about the procurement process for a feasibility-study project associated with a...
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