TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 8, 2020

The national law firm of Hagens Berman has filed a class action lawsuit against Vanderbilt University arguing that it violated state laws in refusing to reimburse students for room and board, tuition and other costs for the spring 2020 semester after it closed residence halls and halted in-person classes in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The suit, being brought on behalf of a freshman student known as “John Doe,” is proposing that all students enrolled at the school for the spring term who paid tuition, fees and/or room and board in whole or in part be part of the class. The Tennessee Ledger has more on the story.