Publication Date: 2023-04-18
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Education
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Bibas
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Scott M. Tucker, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sarah N. Westcot, Joshua D. Arisohn, Bursor & Fisher, P.A., New York, NY; Christopher P. Simon, Michael L. Vild, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Blake G. Abbott, Eric M. Poulin, Roy Willey, Anastopoulo Law Firm, LLC, Charleston, SC; Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: James D. Taylor, Jr., Charles E. Davis, Marisa R. De Feo, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 20-cv-1478-SB
Court certified class of university students claiming breach of contract from shift to online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, where the alleged breach conferred standing, the proposed class was ascertainable from the university's records, and the common questions of breach and impossibility of performance predominated.