New York state’s court of last resort has refused to revive a lawsuit by disgruntled New York Law School graduates who alleged their alma mater enticed them to enroll through fraud. As the first of 15 similar lawsuits to reach a courtroom, the case had been seen as a bellwether.
The New York State Court of Appeals offered no explanation for refusing to hear Gomez-Jimenez v. New York Law School. The vote was 4-1, with Judge Robert Smith dissenting. Judge Jenny Riveraa professor at the City University of New York School of Law for 15 years before her appointment to the court in Februaryabstained.
