Summary Judgment Granted To University In 2 Class Suits Over COVID-19 Closure

Mealey's (May 19, 2021, 7:35 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — Northeastern University did not breach an in-person teaching contract with students or unjustly enrich itself when it halted in-person instruction and closed its campus in spring 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled May 10, granting summary judgment to the school in two putative class complaints....