Point Park U. Says No ‘Implied’ Contract For In-Person Class
“Pittsburgh’s Point Park University said students choosing between in-person and online classes didn’t create an “implied contract” guaranteeing in-person classes to those who chose them, and pointed to other universities’ recent victories against similar suits seeking tuition refunds for semesters moved entirely online during the COVID-19 pandemic,” post Matthew Santoni in Law360
“The university said Thursday that Pennsylvania courts have long held that only express, written contracts apply to the relationship between schools and their students, including in recent cases where Temple University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pennsylvania had defeated students’ proposed class actions because they had no express promises of in-person, on-campus learning.”
