Dismissed from nursing school...fought back and won in court!

[28studentsfailed]

I would like to share my account of what happened to me the final semester in nursing school...how I failed the final semester of nursing school, was dismissed from nursing school, then fought back and won in monumental proportions in court.

There is much disturbing evidence and testimony to indicate that I was used by my nursing school as a cover up for an egregious grade fixing scandal by them. Upon information and belief, I sued on counts of fraud, discrimination, and breach of contract (breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealings).

I have not the time now to fill in on details. But would like to add that the school used a rather clever and deceptive way to fix the entire outcome of a semester gone bad.

Please share your thoughts on this...more details coming later.

[MrChicagoRN, RN]

1. My question for you is this, why would the school dismiss me then later give me a substantial settlement to avoid a jury trial? If you get dismissed from nursing school, you're not supposed to even get a dime of your tuition money or other related expenses back. Then why did the school offer me any settlement at all?

2. Why wasn't the case thrown out? If it was a frivolous lawsuit, the defending attorney would have filed a motion to dismiss, then the judge would have heard the motion and thrown out all counts of my case if he/she thought it was frivolous. But that's not what happened bro. My case went unchallenged for 20 months by the opposing attorney. He seemed baffled by the bizarre circumstances surrounding the case. At times the opposing attorneys got hostile to each other; my attorney saying, "Sir! Sir! Sir!" with the other attorney replying, "This isn't your deposition!"

3. As far as if the school sues me if I breach any terms of the settlement contract, well I hope they do! And I hope after they sue me that the case goes to trial so I can hear what they have to say about all of the mysterious and suspicious grade changes...

1. Cases are often settled because that's cheaper than paying lawyers to fight it.

2. Cases often aren't thrown out because of stalling, smoke & mirrors. The bafflement of attorneys & arguments? Mostly theatrics.

3. Go ahead and reveal all. They'll sue but the original case won't be reopened, they'll only focus on the fact that you violated a signed agreement. Good luck with that.

[springchick1, ADN, RN]

Thanks for the comment. You don't know the full details about the case to be leaving a comment like that. This case is bizarre...surreal...tragic. You have a good day.

You asked for our thoughts and opinions and you don't like the responses you are getting. Is that why you are being so snarky back? No, we don't know enough details about the case because you won't share them. Based in what you have shared, we know you failed a class. The most bizarre part of the case to me is that you were actually awarded money.

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

You asked for our thoughts and opinions and you don't like the responses you are getting. Is that why you are being so snarky back? No, we don't know enough details about the case because you won't share them. Based in what you have shared, we know you failed a class. The most bizarre part of the case to me is that you were actually awarded money.

SO he says. No proof of ANYTHING OP is saying though...

[Despareux]

Seems pointless to share a story if you can't tell the whole story. Felt like I was playing an online version of charades.

[BrandonLPN, LPN]

I think for-profit schools and their shady grading practices is a legitimate and important topic.

The OP's school certainly sounds shady from what little we know. I went to a for-profit PN school and I am 99.999% sure that they regularly pass students who should have failed in order to keep their "pass rates" high. Having a high percentage of students who pass is a major selling point in getting people to sign on the dotted line.

But I don't understand what the OP is getting at here. From what I gather, he was simply one of the failing students who wasn't bumped into the passing column. How could he possibly expect anyone to be on "his side" in that scenario?

If I'm wrong by all means clarify, OP. If the school gave you a failing score when you should have passed, well, that's entirely different story.

Which is it?

[BrandonLPN, LPN]

Oh, and I want to add that the first thing I noticed in that link was that the plantiff said something like "If I had passed the nursing program, I would have been entitled to a nursing license."

No, you wouldn't have. You would have been entitled to sit for the NCLEX. Big difference. Nobody graduates from nursing school with a nursing license (RN or PN).

[rumwynnieRN]

Huh. So when is thread going to get closed?

And what BrandonLPN said.

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

Huh. So when is thread going to get closed?

And what BrandonLPN said.

When we stop feeding the troll. Lol.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

After 13 pages of posts, I think the OP has realized that maybe the Internet isn't their best venue to share this...closing now...