College Refund
If your college or university replaced in-person classes with online classes, with minimal assistance to faculty, no access to in-person educational facilities (libraries, computer and science labs), and services you had initially paid for, you might be entitled to a tuition refund.
Leeds Brown Law, P.C. (“LBL”) has considerable experience litigating and settling class action lawsuits. See e.g., Griffin v. Aldi, Inc. 16-cv-00354-LEK-ATB (N.D.N.Y. Nov. 15, 2018) (working with the other firms to obtain final approval of $9.8 million settlement on behalf of store managers across the nation); Kellogg v. WSP USA, Inc., Index No. 605552/2024 (Sup. Ct. Nassau Cty. Aug. 1, 2024) (granting approval of class settlement of $15 million for manual workers throughout the NYC area); Jones v. Adm’rs of the Tulane Educ. Fund, 51 F.4th 101 (5th Cir. 2022) (reversing the trial court’s dismissal of breach of contract claims regarding mandatory fees counsel before ultimately resolving the matter for $3.6 million); Weinstein v. Jenny Craig Operations, Inc., 138 A.D.3d 546 (1st Dept. 2016) (upholding certification of employees at Jenny Craig’s branches and locations in New York before ultimately resolving the matter for $2.25 million); Marcus v. AXA Advisors, LLC, 11-CV-2339 (SJ)(SMG) (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 21, 2015) (granting nationwide conditional certification under the FLSA of over 2,000 financial service workers before approving class wide settlement of $2.3 million); Booth v. Molloy College, 2022 N.Y. Slip Op 34476(U) (Sup. Ct. Nassau Cty., Dec. 12, 2022) (granting class certification as to all enrolled students during the Spring 2020 semester and appointing Leeds Brown Law as class counsel before resolving the matter on a class wide basis for $900 per student in monetary and non-cash benefits); Arredondo v. Univ. of La Verne, 618 F. Supp. 3d 937 (C.D. Cal. 2022) (winning summary judgment on behalf of the class of undergraduate students on liability before ultimately resolving the action for more than $8.5 million).
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In the Arredondo matter, LBL was recognized for its work on behalf of students at the University of La Verne that alleged that failed to receive the services they contracted and paid for during the Spring 2020 semester. See Arredondo v. Univ. of La Verne, Case No. 2:20-cv-7665(MCS)(RAO), 341 F.R.D. 47 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 8, 2022):
Counsel here has done significant work in identifying and investigating potential claims, including bringing a meritorious motion for class certification supported by ample evidence. Counsel also has a wealth of experience handling class actions.…Counsel has demonstrated strong knowledge of the applicable law throughout the briefing process for this class certification motion. And finally, counsel has demonstrated it will commit sufficient resources to represent the class in this heavily litigated case.
Leeds Brown Law, P.C. and its team of co-counsel across the country are currently pursuing cases against:
– University of Georiga
– University of Kansas
– Molloy College
– University of La Verne
– Syracuse University
– Louisiana State Univ.
– Mercer College
– Middlebury College
– Emerson College
– The Academy of Art
– University of Oklahoma
– Tulane Univ.
– Rice Univ.
– Southern Methodist Univ.
– California Baptist
– California Lutheran
– St. John’s Univ.
– Brigham Young University
– University of Florida
– Florida State Univ.
– Notre Dame Univ.
– Univ. of Mass.
– Univ. of Maine
– City Univ. of New York
– among numerous others
Tuition for in-person classes is much higher than online educational programs. If your educational institution has retained the full tuition and full fees despite breaching their contract and providing less than the full amount of services, Leeds Brown Law, P.C. will fight for a refund for you.