State appeals court says former UNC athletes can't pursue paper-classes lawsuit

Last edited Tue Apr 18, 2017, 11:45 PM - Edit history (1)

CHAPEL HILL -- Another lawsuit spawned by UNC-Chapel Hill’s “paper classes” scandal has come up short, this time at the hands of the N.C. Court of Appeals.

Ruling against former football player James Arnold and former women’s basketball player Leah Metcalf, a panel from the state’s second-highest court said their case looks like an attempt by their attorneys to repackage “educational malpractice claims {that} are not recognized under North Carolina law.”

Moreover, their claims of long-term career damage “are too conjectural and uncertain” to justify allowing the lawsuit to continue, Judge Wanda Bryant said in an opinion joined by fellow Judges Robert N. Hunter Jr. and Lucy Inman.

Tuesday’s ruling was the latest in a string of court losses suffered by former UNC athletes who’ve sought compensation from the university over the long-running academic fraud that benefited athletes and other students.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article145267479.html