University of Florida asks state Supreme Court to rehear COVID student fee case

University of Florida asks state Supreme Court to rehear COVID student fee case

The Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)University of Florida attorneys are asking the Florida Supreme Court to rehear a student’s legal demand for the flagship university to rebate all or part of student fees charged while campus was on COVID-19 lockdown. After a trial court and First District Court of Appeal disagreed about the extent of the university’s sovereign immunity from suit, the Supreme Cour…

UF Asks for Another Look at Shutdown Case

TALLAHASSEE — The University of Florida on Thursday asked the state Supreme Court for a rehearing after justices revived a class-action lawsuit that seeks to require UF to refund money to students for services that were not provided during a…