NJ’s William Paterson University lost professor’s 380-million-year-old fossils — which ended up in a Tenn. dump, lawsuit claims

NJ’s William Paterson University lost professor’s 380-million-year-old fossils — which ended up in a Tenn. dump, lawsuit claims

William Paterson University professor Martin Becker is suing the New Jersey school after it allegedly caused his collection of 380-million-year-old fossils to end up in a Nashville landfill.

American professor sues university after 380-mln-year-old fossil collection gets trashed

Professor of environmental science and a paleontologist at William Paterson University Martin Becker says the fossils were dumped at a landfill after the New Jersey college failed to pay its UPS bill