NYU Must Defend Class Action Refund Claims Over Covid Closure

March 23, 2023, 4:54 PM UTC

New York University will face an amended class action complaint seeking refunds of tuition paid by students when the school moved to online classes during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lead plaintiff Christina Rynasko lacks standing to sue NYU on behalf of her adult daughter, but the complaint may be amended to add Casey Hall-Landers, a current NYU adult student, as a plaintiff, a divided panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Thursday, in an opinion by Judge Beth Robinson.

The court affirmed a ruling that Rynasko lacks standing because she hasn’t suffered a cognizable injury based ...

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