OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — A Berkeley student has filed a class action lawsuit against the University of California alleging students are entitled to spring 2020 semester tuition refunds due to the COVID-19 pandemic campus closure.
Noah Ritter, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, filed a complaint April 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Oakland Division against The Regents of The University of California, alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment.
Ritter is an undergraduate student at University of California Berkeley and alleges that he and other students are entitled to tuition refunds for the Spring 2020 semester because of the school's campus closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ritter claims the university is eligible to receive federal stimulus funding for support yet students have been deprived of campus activities, facilities and in-person instruction.
The plaintiffs seek monetary relief, trial by jury, interest and all other proper relief. They are represented by John Bohren of Bohren Law in San Diego and Eric Poulin and Roy Willey of The Anastopoulo Law Firm LLC in Charleston, South Carolina.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Oakland Division case number 3:20-CV-02925-JCS