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Students seeking refunds from the University of North Carolina System for COVID shutdowns in spring 2020 submitted their arguments this week to the state’s highest court. In Dieckhaus v. Board of Governors of UNC, the high court could decide whether a state law designed to shield the university from COVID-related lawsuits was constitutional.

A 2020 law designed to protect the University of North Carolina from COVID-related lawsuits secured near-unanimous support. The state Supreme Court will decide whether it ran afoul of the state and federal constitutions.

The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to take up a second case related to refunds requested from the University of North Carolina System for COVID-related shutdowns. Justices could decide whether a 2020 state law designed to shield UNC from lawsuits linked to spring 2020 shutdowns violated students’ state and federal constitutional rights.

He North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to take up a second case related to refunds requested from the University of North Carolina System for COVID-related shutdowns.

The plans come as more than 93,000 claims have been filed since late last summer by former camp workers, veterans or their relatives who contend they were sickened by water on the North Carolina Marine base. None have been settled, and about 1,100 potential victims have already filed lawsuits.

A woman is suing Frontier Airlines over its all-you-can-fly pass. The complaint says that Frontier refused to refund her when the pass didn't work.

Lawyers for the University of North Carolina System urge the N.C. Supreme Court to reject a petition from students seeking partial refunds for tuition and fees paid during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNC filed paperwork Tuesday with the state’s highest court in the case Dieckhaus v. Board of Governors of UNC.

Students seeking partial refunds for tuition and fees paid to University of North Carolina campuses in spring 2020 hope the N.C. Supreme Court will take their case. The students argue that their universities owe refunds because of COVID-related shutdowns. In a petition filed Tuesday, the students ask the state’s highest court to overrule a unanimous January decision from the N.C. Court of Appeals.

A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of the University of North Carolina System in a dispute involving tuition and fees paid during the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The court ruled that students cannot seek partial refunds because of COVID-related shutdowns across the UNC System in spring 2020.

University of North Carolina System could be forced to refund portions of fees charged to students across the state in spring 2020, depending on the outcome of a case heard