A nation-wide class action was filed on December 12, 2018 in a Beaumont federal court, accusing wide-spread misconduct on the part of multiple entities involved with the abrupt closing of multiple college campuses across the country.
The lawsuit, filed by Beaumont’s The Ferguson Law Firm, documents how last week’s abrupt and unannounced closings left thousands upon thousands of students “stripped of their opportunity to complete their programs” and saddled with no refund of paid tuition. Many also have outstanding school loans. Mark Sparks, lead counsel for the plaintiffs and an ownership partner at The Ferguson Law Firm said, “What could be sadder than a person, who is trying to better his or herself with education, having the school door slammed shut in his face? But that’s only part of it.” Sparks continued, “The door gets slammed shut, it’s three weeks before Christmas, and you cannot finish the semester, you cannot get a transcript and they won’t refund your money. And you still have a student loan. To make matters worse, you are out of money and have almost no time to apply anywhere else.”