SMU Argues Against Reinstating Contract Breach Claim In Pandemic Closure Suit

Mealey's (January 24, 2023, 2:32 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A trial court properly dismissed a breach of contract claim brought on behalf of a putative class against Southern Methodist University (SMU) after the school shut its doors and transferred all learning to online in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic as there were no contractual terms promising in-person education and the “claim is barred under the educational malpractice doctrine,” SMU argues in its appellee brief filed in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....