FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Former IPFW Chancellor Michael Wartell has settled a lawsuit over age discrimination at Purdue University.

According to the Journal Gazette, Wartell was paid $52,500 by his former employer when the suit was settled last February. Purdue University forced Wartell to retire in 2012 by the means of an unfrequented policy that requires higher-level administrators to retire at the age of 65.

Information in the lawsuit was given to the Journal Gazette on Monday that Purdue paid Wartell $52,500 after his forced retirement.

Wartell was told he would be forced to retire by the end of the 2012 academic year. The school also denied Wartell's request to continue his job until the school's 50th anniversary in 2014.

Purdue decided to replace Wartell's position with 64-year-old Vicky Carwein. The Journal Gazette reports Wartell filed a complaint, accusing the person who accepted Carwein into the position, then-Purdue President France Córdova, of gender and age discrimination.

Lawyer John Trimble was hired by the school to investigate, and the school believed he was suspicious. Purdue favored Trimble's investigation reports, and the school denied Wartell's discrimination claim.

Wartell sued the university in federal court, as well as Tippecanoe County court. He also asked for a copy of Trimble's report, which was also denied by Purdue. According to the Journal Gazette, court files show the school spent over $160,000 in legal fees to keep the court documents safe. 

It wasn't until September of last year that a federal judge ordered the reports to be released. The lawsuit was finally settled last February.

Purdue paid an additional $168,312 to defend itself against the federal lawsuit, according to court documents.

Trimble’s report said university officials had not discriminated against Wartell, but they mismanaged the situation so terribly that it may have furthered the dispute.