A federal decide has denied a movement for sophistication certification and dismissed a grievance introduced by Liberty College college students looking for a refund of varied charges and room and board they paid for the Spring 2020 semester after the campus closed throughout the outbreak of COVID-19.
Three nameless college students—recognized solely in court docket paperwork as College students A, B and D—on the Lynchburg, Virginia-based faculty filed the grievance in April 2020 within the U.S. District Courtroom for the Western District of Virginia. The scholars sought to get well the prices of providers and actions for the spring 2020 educational semester and alleged that they misplaced the advantages of these providers and actions on account of Liberty’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.