Emory University Gets Class Status Vacated in Covid Tuition Suit

Emory University successfully challenged class certification in a breach of contract suit involving the tuition students paid while studying online during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Eleventh Circuit said.

Marc Schultz, a parent of an Emory student, said the university should have prorated tuition or provided tuition refunds when classes went online in Spring 2020.

A federal district court certified a class of plaintiffs who paid tuition for in-person Spring 2020 classes. Looking at the predominance element of the certification process, the trial court noted that there might be individualized damages issues, but said that they were overcome by the class-wide ...