Student’s Class Complaint Seeking Refunds For College Closure Tossed By Judge

Mealey's (January 20, 2021, 4:20 PM EST) -- BALTIMORE — A community college student’s putative class complaint seeking damages and declaratory and injunctive relief due to no refunds after in-person classes were halted due to the novel coronavirus pandemic fails because sovereign immunity bars the breach of contract claims as pleaded and the student failed to show any private property interest supporting his taking and deprivation of rights claims, a federal judge in Maryland ruled Jan. 8....