Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Pennsylvania

Can you sue a technical school that fails to prepare you for anything?

My husband is at the tail end of an 11 month long program at Cittone institute. Throughout the entire program he has found that he and his classmates were not properly prepapred for doing the work that was assigned; the lessons, which were written by the director of the school, had many errors as found by the instructors, so that the work the students had done did not work properly because they had been taught based on incorrect lessons to begin with. Another issue was that they were constantly switching teachers around so that they didn't know who would be teaching a class until the DAY OF the first lesson, the teacher was therefore not preparred and the class was a waste. The final issue is that now, 11 months later, my husband is finishing up the last project and it doesn't work because the school has faulty servers that are out of date and as a result are not reading the data correctly which means that his and his classmates can not get their year long work to come to fruition. My husband feels that he is not preparred to accept any job in this field and yet we are now left with a $13K bill.

Is there any recourse to recouping at least some of the money for this terrible program?


Asked on 6/23/03, 10:42 am

2 Answers from Attorneys

Re: Can you sue a technical school that fails to prepare you for anything?

If complaints to the school have not worked, you can file a written Complaint with the State Board of Private Licensed Schools (717-783-8228). You also may be able to file a civil lawsuit for breach of contract.

I recently settled a lawsuit of this type on behalf of a group of students who attended a computer training school. Please feel free to contact me if you want to discuss this matter further.

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Answered on 6/23/03, 11:18 am
Andrew Solomon Law Office of Andrew A. Solomon

Re: Can you sue a technical school that fails to prepare you for anything?

Certainly you can bring a lawsuit against the school for negligence and/or breach of contract. In order to do so, however, you will require expert testimony, which could be expensive. Perhaps you could enlist some of your fellow classmates to join in the lawsuit so that the costs could be spread among each student. In any event, you should definitely consult with an attorney. I would be glad to discuss this with you in greater detail. You may call me at 610-644-8300 or 570-622-7300

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Answered on 6/23/03, 11:24 am


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