Appeals Court Upholds Student’s Case Against Vatterott College
Career College Central Summary:
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A Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday in favor of a Lee’s Summit woman who successfully sued a for-profit college, arguing that the school had deceived her about the value of her education.
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Vatterott College had appealed the Jackson County Circuit Court jury verdict, which awarded Jennifer Kerr $27,676 in actual damages and $13 million in punitive damages.
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A judge later trimmed that $13 million to about $2 million to comply with a state damage cap. According to the ruling, Kerr proved at trial that Vatterott deceived her into believing that credits earned from the college’s medical assistant program would transfer to a nursing degree.
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Instead, the college enrolled Kerr in a medical office assistant program, which did not offer an associate’s degree but a less valuable certificate of completion.
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KANSAS CITY STAR
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