ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - An anonymous Cook County, Ill., man alleges that Washington University of St. Louis is wrongfully refusing to give him his degree, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
The Feb. 18 lawsuit says that the unnamed plaintiff was set to graduate in the spring of 2018 with a double major in English and Economics, after having completed a nearly identical course path to the one laid out when plaintiff enrolled in 2014.
The plaintiff says his Washington University guidance counselor promised his last year of college's schedule was adequate for graduation and the awarding of a degree.
The student was accepted into Northwestern University Law School, slated to begin in fall of 2018. However, the defendant refused to send the student's transcripts to the law school for almost two years, the suit says.
The transcripts did not notate a degree; in June 2020, Washington University allegedly informed the plaintiff that he was not receiving a degree.
The lawsuit says that, on the date of the filing, the degree had still not been rewarded and as a result the plaintiff could not attend law school.
Washington University is charged with one count of breach of contract, one count of promissory estoppel, one count of unjust enrichment and one count of negligence.
The plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of $75,000. He is represented by LLorens Lae Group, Ltd, of Chicago.