380-million-year-old fossils dumped in landfill after N.J. college didn’t pay UPS bill, lawsuit claims

A professor at William Paterson University filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming negligence resulted in his 380-million-year-old fossil collection being dumped in a landfill in Nashville, Tennessee. The professor spent countless hours collecting the fossils from New Jersey and planned to collaborate on a project with a colleague in Florida, but the packages were lost in transit due to the university’s failure to pay UPS invoices, leading to the cancellation of their account and the disposal of the priceless collection. The professor is seeking damages for the loss of the fossils and emotional distress caused by the incident, while the university and the mailroom supervisor named in the lawsuit have not commented on the situation.

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