The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has recently extended a victory to the University of Miami over a litigation revolving around tuition refunds following campus closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The claims, which involved the university’s halt to in-person education, were based on the allegations of breach of contract and unjust enrichment.
In a judgment penned by Judge Charles R. Wilson, and concurred by Judges Kevin C. Newsom and Britt Grant in their July 31 opinion, the court upheld a summary judgment ruling for the university in disposal of the case.
The ruling insinuated that the pandemic-induced online transition didn’t warrant a tuition refund as the university hadn’t breached any contract and was not unjustly enriched by the shutdown of in-person education.
Speaking about the decision, the university’s attorney, Eric David Isicoff of Isicoff Ragatz, stated his belief in the soundness and common sense underlying the judgment. He was of the view that similar cases that have developed across the country, including this one, bore no merit. Isicoff expressed that he was not surprised at the district court disposing of the case via summary judgment and the subsequent affirmation by the Eleventh Circuit.
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