Parents, Students Denied Attorney Fees In Dismissed Mask Policy Revocation Suit

Mealey's (September 12, 2022, 4:51 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Disabled students and their parents who were initially granted a preliminary injunction in January 2022 in their putative class complaint over a Pennsylvania school board’s universal masking requirement put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic are not entitled to attorney fees now that the case has been dismissed as they “never obtained merits-based relief on their claims,” a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Sept. 2....