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Law Office of Jeffrey J. Antonelli
Attn: MCI Class Action
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Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60602
Attn: MCI Class Action
30 North LaSalle Street
Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60602
Students sue owners of closed school
Students at a Chicago medical technician school that abruptly closed
last fall sued the owners of the school today, alleging that the school
offered "worthless courses" and shut down without notice.
Medical Careers Institute, formerly located on South Michigan Avenue across from the Art Institute, closed in October 2008. Owners William and Thalia Zane, the parents of actor Billy Zane, founded the school in 1977 and offered training in fields such as echocardiography and sonography.
The school's abrupt closing left dozens of students without diplomas
and with non-transferable credits and unrecoverable tuition. Other
students who had completed courses at Medical Careers Institute found
that the coursework did not qualify them to take certification exams in
the field, as the school had claimed.Medical Careers Institute, formerly located on South Michigan Avenue across from the Art Institute, closed in October 2008. Owners William and Thalia Zane, the parents of actor Billy Zane, founded the school in 1977 and offered training in fields such as echocardiography and sonography.
The class action suit, filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, lists 45 former students at the school as plaintiffs.
One plaintiff, Aimee Lefever of Cortland, told the Chicago Tribune in November that she took out a $7500 loan for an ultrasound technician course she was one month away from completing when the school closed.
"I feel very betrayed," said Lefever, 31, a mother of two. "I was working so hard and spent so much time studying and preparing, and now to not even be able to finish. ... I feel kind of defeated."
The suit alleges that William and Thalia Zane fled to Greece after closing the school in October 2008, and have not returned to Chicago in the months since. The lawsuit asks for more than $3.5 million in damages for consumer fraud, breach of contract, and other offenses.
--Robert Mitchum
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