PFINGSTEN v. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:20-cv-00716

Court:

Pennsylvania Western

Nature of Suit:

Contract: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Robert J. Colville

Firms

  1. June 28, 2021

    Students Say Carnegie Mellon Catalog Implied In-Person Class

    Carnegie Mellon University's course catalog listing the times, classrooms and professors for each class were part of the university's promise that education would take place in-person and on-campus — a promise broken when courses shifted online due to the pandemic, counsel for students seeking refunds told a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday.

  2. June 02, 2021

    Carnegie Mellon Students Seek To Duck Tuition Suit Dismissal

    Students at Carnegie Mellon University told a Pittsburgh federal court that more than a handful of written agreements governed the school's alleged obligations to provide in-person instruction, as they sought to avoid dismissal of a proposed class action over a switch to online classes during the coronavirus pandemic.

  3. May 18, 2020

    Student Sues Carnegie Mellon For COVID-19 Tuition Refund

    A student at Carnegie Mellon University says the school's online learning options during the COVID-19 pandemic aren't worth the tuition she and others have paid, and she has filed a proposed class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania federal court seeking a refund.

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