Original sentence: After three days, Atkinson settled for $250,000 without admitting liability, but Perry reserved the right to appeal on the fraud and deceit claim.An unemployed, formerly untenured, Harvard instructor, Lee H.Atkinson denied everything.Atkinson's early years at UCSD were rocked by a bizarre scandal which had followed him there from Washington.Before trial, the Superior Court granted Atkinson's motion for summary judgment on the fraud and deceit claim as initially filed, and his demurrer to the claim as amended.In 1986, the case proceeded to trial on the emotional distress claim.On September 25, 1987, the Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal of that claim.Perry, represented by palimony attorney Marvin Mitchelson, unsuccessfully sued him in San Diego Superior Court.She was unable to substantiate her claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud, and deceit.The Supreme Court of California denied Perry's petition for review on January 7, 1988, which effectively ended the case