McKendree University Must Face Contract Suit Over Covid Closure

Students may pursue a class action under Illinois law claiming that McKendree University breached its implied contract with them for in-person instruction when it switched to remote instruction in the spring of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is the third time that the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has allowed this type of claim to proceed. Reversing the district court’s dismissal of the suit, the opinion by Judge Michael Y. Scudder Jr. said that although the complaint here pales in comparison to the allegations in the other two cases, “it is still enough—if barely—to state ...