Raethz v. Aurora University

Plaintiff, Betty Raethz, a student, filed a four-count complaint against defendant, Aurora University, for damages based on her allegedly wrongful expulsion from the school’s master’s in social work program. The trial court granted the University summary judgment as to count IV and, following a bench trial, found for the University as to counts I and III. As to count II, the only count at issue on appeal, the trial court held that the University breached an agreement created by the University’s School of Social Work Handbook (Handbook) and the Field Instruction Manual, and granted judgment to…