CHARLESTON — A former student has filed a class action lawsuit against a career center facility, alleging breach of contract, fraud and negligent misrepresentation.
Korey Blayke Cyfers, on behalf of himself, and others similarly situated, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Southern Division of West Virginia Charleston Division against Collins Career Center, doing business as Collins Career Technical Center, et al. alleging the defendants breached their legal or equitable duty by keeping from the public information regarding their lack of WVFMO accreditation.
According to the complaint, Cyfers and the class of students applied for admission with the defendants to complete an electrical journeyman program. The suit says they were promised by the defendants that the program was accredited and that they could sit for any testing to begin their career as an electrical journeyman.
However, upon information and belief, the lawsuit states, Collins Career Technical Center was not, in fact, accredited to offer classes/courses as advertised, causing the plaintiffs harm. The suit says the plaintiffs all have incurred debt over student loans and spent years of their life taking the classes when they cannot sit for the test in the state of West Virginia.
Cyfers alleges the defendants failed to provide the educational opportunity promised, making false misrepresentations and omitting material facts in order to induce student to enroll and/or continue their enrollment in their program and pay tuition for the program.
Cyfers seeks trial by jury, compensatory and punitive damages with pre- and post-judgment interest and all other appropriate and just relief. He is represented by attorneys Adrian Hoosier of Lord Hoosier PLLC in Charleston, and by Anthony Majestro of Powell & Majestro in Charleston.
U.S. District Court for the Southern Division of West Virginia Charleston Division case number 2:18-cv-01127
