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University of Michigan-Flint student filed lawsuits over bad grades [View all]
As COVID-19 was spreading in the spring of 2020, Dennis Eborka was taking a chemistry class at the University of Michigan-Flint.
He didn't like the grade he got and he did something many a student has probably pondered: He filed a lawsuit.
He filed the claim himself, arguing the school violated his "right to education" when it "neglected to award ... a grade of an A." He asked the Washtenaw County Circuit Court to order the school to change his grade.
In other cases, he’s sued Mott Community College, Lansing Community College, Wayne State College (in Nebraska), and the University of Texas Rio Grande over pretty much the same thing. One thing Eborka doesn't do is win. The Free Press was unable to find a single case where he prevailed, though the suits themselves demonstrate his persistence.
He didn't like the grade he got and he did something many a student has probably pondered: He filed a lawsuit.
He filed the claim himself, arguing the school violated his "right to education" when it "neglected to award ... a grade of an A." He asked the Washtenaw County Circuit Court to order the school to change his grade.
In other cases, he’s sued Mott Community College, Lansing Community College, Wayne State College (in Nebraska), and the University of Texas Rio Grande over pretty much the same thing. One thing Eborka doesn't do is win. The Free Press was unable to find a single case where he prevailed, though the suits themselves demonstrate his persistence.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2025/02/21/university-michigan-flint-student-sued-bad-grades-dennis-eborka/78650532007/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=67b888312fa85000014b16ba&fbclid=IwY2xjawIlaPJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHcgRHMazldG9N7erytLA9rco67UmJdwlPnoODyswIptSyFCVyxRD4RM7pw_aem_1sUaddz_GTTbvStzaV254A
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