Nursing school lawsuits

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Just wondering.......has there been any successful lawsuits against any nursing schools in the south florida region, especially for - profit colleges. I am currently looking for a lawyer to handle my case against one and wanted some insight. I know that there are so many students being burned by these institutions who lie about accreditation, credits being transferred, illegal sales tactics in their admissions dept, subpar education and clinicals, or leaving students with these huge loans and no degree (they withdraw students right at the very end of the program in order to falsify their records with the florida BON). There must be some type of recourse. Right?

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Specializes in Leadership, Psych, HomeCare, Amb. Care.

Contact your local BAR ASSOCIATION for a low cost referral to a specialist in that area.

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Thank you, I will!

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We had a person in my program start a lawsuit against the school because they dismissed her. Nobody ever saw her again. Talk amongst the students was that you can't win against the big boys.

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We cannot offer legal advice as per the Terms of Service......seek the advice of a professional.

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@blackch3rry:

Your post was very generic, so what specifically were you issues with the For-Profit School you attended?

There are thousands of threads on this site alone, which warns potential students about the dangers of a lot of these For-Profit Nursing Programs, yet you chose to enroll in one of them. Why? There are daily post on here where a potential student will ask for advice on one or more of these For-Profit Schools, yet barked at the feedback given and enroll in one of them anyway. Good luck with that lawsuit of yours!

Maybe one day you can come back and identify the school and highlight the problems you had with that particular school.

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Somewhat harsh but the truth is that in a for profit situation the term "for profit" is there for a reason. I personally would never have attended a for profit school, and would stick with either a Community College or State College as they are in the business of education, not making a profit. I am sorry to hear that you got taken in... caveat emptor is the best answer in these situations.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

Did you not do your research before enrolling? Because most of the time a simple search will reveal how the school is doing & what people feel. If you just jumped in head first, that's what can happen.

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Ouch, you guys are being a bit harsh. Armchair quarterbacking never helps.

blackch3rry, I wish you luck. I think it's such a shame that we let these for-profits use and abuse people. What is this country coming to? Their endless greed is shameful. They should be shut down.

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I appreciate everyone's input, but some of you fail to realize it is not easy to get into some of these public school's nursing programs. They are very competitive or have long wait lists. Of course I did my research and who wouldn't want to pay less for their degree, but at the time, the school was rather new and had some what of a decent passage rate.

I'm not asking for anyone's sympathy neither any legal advise. What I am asking is has anyone ever been successful with a lawsuit?

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The negative comments are not necessary.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

Well if it was new I would've waited awhile to see how it did before applying. I know there are long wait lists everywhere but sometimes it's better to be on the wait lists then to apply to the new school that just popped up. There's a reason there's a wait list for those colleges.

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