Am I likely to lose financial aid/get expelled if I file a lawsuit against my school?

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<p>I am not going to give out too many details about my school or the lawsuit I might file against it, but I'll mention that the problem stems from a situation involving myself, my roommates, emotional pain I continue to endure at the hands of my roommates, and the university's unwillingness to resolve the situation after repeated pleas for help.</p>

<p>I still haven't discussed this problem with a lawyer so I don't even know if I have a case, but assuming that I move forward with the lawsuit anyway, is the university likely to punish me in some way?</p>

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<p>I don’t think they can expel you for suing them. Not to mention if you get a nice settlement then the financial aid won’t matter.</p>

<p>Talk to a lawyer though; they’ll know a lot more about this than anyone here.</p>

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<p>Like he said, talk to a lawyer. Legal advice is one of the things that you just should not ever get from random people on the Internet.</p>

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<p>You need to talk to a lawyer, but I highly doubt it would be legal for the university to burn you for suing them.</p>

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<p>Post this in the parent’s cafe/forum. They’ll help you much more than we can.</p>

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<p>Like everyone else said, talk to a lawyer.</p>

<p>Just one added thing though, something that an unethical lawyer may not inform you of. Make sure that suing the school is worth it. Bear in mind, depending on how the lawsuit goes, odds are that if this goes to court a future employer might be able to see that you sued your school. They would probably be apprehensive about taking you on if they found that out.</p>

<p>Again, I am not a lawyer so take this with not a grain of salt, but a mountain of salt. The only reason I know that this might be an issue is because I know some one who had issues in a job search (before the economy tanked) because of a past lawsuit. She knew it was an issue since every company she interviewed with brought it up. Moral of the story, get opinions from more than one lawyer before you peruse legal action.</p>

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<p>why would you want to stay if you wanted to file a lawsuit?!</p>

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<p>" why would you want to stay if you wanted to file a lawsuit?! "</p>

<p>Transferring is a huge pain in the ass, and if the problem can be fixed without leaving that would be preferable in many circumstances.</p>

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<p>Technically, it would be against the law to expel or give any negative repercussions to you for suing. I guess you’d have another lawsuit if they did. (Actually, I’m just assuming it would be against the law to expel you for that. I’m not a lawyer and have zero law experience. As everyone else said, get a lawyer. And please do not get a lawyer you saw advertised on TV. They’re…well, you know.)</p>

<p>However, if it becomes a well-known lawsuit in your town and hits the news, you do risk running the chance of being looked at unfavorably by some people.</p>

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<p>I will advise you to stop discussing your case here or with anyone else excepting your lawyer and people the lawyer authorizes.</p>

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<p>What I meant was </p>

<p>Why would you want to stay at a school which did something so bad you felt the need to file a lawsuit? Yeah, it may be more CONVENIENT, but if you hate it THAT MUCH?!</p>

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<p>I know someone who sued two Universities and he had what I considered to be a good case. He lost.</p>

<p>True, I don’t know what your issues are but if it is a problem with roommates then it isn’t the school’s fault anyway. Why don’t you move?</p>

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<p>“Why would you want to stay at a school which did something so bad you felt the need to file a lawsuit? Yeah, it may be more CONVENIENT, but if you hate it THAT MUCH?!”</p>

<p>Well, THEORETICALLY, you don’t sue out of spite, you sue to resolve a problem.</p>

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<p>Your friend filed a complaint against someone in the past. The interviewer knowing about this brings it up in a job interview. I do not believe you. Either these interviewers are incredible incompetent or you are not telling the truth. By Hume’s maxim I believe the most probable of these statements and conclude you are not telling the truth.</p>