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Students file class-action lawsuit against California Culinary Academy
By Mary Spicuzza
Published on October 10, 2007
Now, the struggling chefs are hoping it's payback time. Several dozen CCA students and graduates filed a class-action lawsuit late last month against CCA and its parent company, the Career Education Corporation. In the complaint, filed in San Francisco Superior Court on Sept. 28, the plaintiffs allege that CCA engaged in "a fraudulent scheme" in connection with the recruitment of students, misrepresented the admissions process, and failed to provide students with meaningful assistance in finding employment.
"I feel badly for these people. They were apparently misled while simply trying to get an education and earn a decent living," said the chefs' attorney, Ray E. Gallo. "They feel genuinely wronged and we intend to do something to help them and, hopefully, prevent this from happening in the future."
This isn't the first time CCA's parent company has been taken to court. Career Education Corporation has recently been hit with eight other lawsuits across the country.
However, one academy official says she's proud of her school and up for a fight. "We believe the allegations of the complaint to be without merit and we intend to vigorously defend the lawsuit," CCA president Jennifer White said in an e-mail. "California Culinary Academy remains proud of its outstanding 30-year history, its students, faculty, staff, and alumni."
The Weekly is also proud — proud of Strickland's article, which just won an investigative journalism award from the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Burnt Chefs by Eliza Strickland
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