A teacher who claims he was coerced into resigning immediately after student allegations of inappropriate touching is suing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in a federal lawsuit that went to trial Tuesday.
Jeffrey Leardini resigned as a sixth-grade teacher at Community House Middle School in April 2006 after seven students reportedly told school officials he touched their shoulders and thighs, put his hand up a girl's dress, popped girls' bra straps and lifted a student over his head.