Lawyers for the University of North Carolina System urge the N.C. Supreme Court to reject a petition from students seeking partial refunds for tuition and fees paid during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNC filed paperwork Tuesday with the state’s highest court in the case Dieckhaus v. Board of Governors of UNC.
The University of North Carolina System argues that a recent N.C. Court of Appeals decision exposes the university to “massive liability.” The decision would allow students from N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill to sue over fees paid during COVID-19 campus shutdowns. University officials filed paperwork Tuesday asking the N.C. Supreme Court to take up the case.
The N.C. Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay in the case of UNC and N.C. State students challenging fees paid for services that were unavailable during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court issued the stay without comment Friday afternoon.
The University of North Carolina is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to block a lower court ruling that would allow students from UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State to pursue a breach-of-contract lawsuit against their schools. The suit is related to student fees paid during the COVID-19 pandemic. A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel ruled on Oct. 4 that students Joseph Lannan and Landry Kuehn could proceed with their suit.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled that students at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University can move forward with breach-of-contract lawsuits against their schools. The students say the schools should have refunded fees paid for services that were unavailable during COVID-related shutdowns.
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