BU Students Seek Reversal Of Summary Judgment Ruling In Pandemic Closure Suit

(October 19, 2023, 9:35 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — A trial court erred when it granted summary judgment to the trustees of Boston University (BU) in a putative class complaint brought after in-person classes transitioned to online-only in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the students who brought the complaint write in an omnibus appellant brief filed in the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, arguing that the ruling came after the court “correctly identified disputed issues of material fact.”...