Florida Court Of Appeals To Review UF Reimbursement Case
An appeals court on Wednesday considered whether to certify a potential class action lawsuit alleging that the University of Florida should reimburse students for tuition due to the school's closure at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The university went to the 1st District Court of Appeals after a judge around Alachua County refused to dismiss the case. This is one of many similar lawsuits in Florida and across the country aimed at recovering money for students who are forced to study remotely in 2020. Robert Sniffen, an attorney for the University of Florida, argued that the case should be dismissed because of sovereign immunity, a legal concept that typically protects government agencies from liability. Sniffen told a panel of three judges at the Tallahassee Court of Appeal: “Describing a university as an evil entity, that it takes money from students, is nonsense. "The university has had to step back to try to move teaching ...