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"We are deeply concerned about how this law impacts our people and impedes our ability to attract and retain a diverse workforce in Indiana—concerns that we have voiced to legislators," Cummins stated.

The constitutional scholars say their history studying qualified immunity gives them a unique perspective in the dispute.

While the staircase's black coloring may have contributed to the difficulty of Galef perceiving that they were wet, the university "made the stairs more hazardous by subsequently introducing, a wet, slippery substance onto them," the opinion said.