What to do about fraud or a misrepresentation of a product?
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What to do about fraud or a misrepresentation of a product?
I am currently going to a photography program. I was enticed to go to this school based on the curriculum and the teachers advertised on their website and school handbook. Now that I am halfway through the program, very few of the classes in this “curriculum” have been given, and a lot of the teachers who they say work at the school have not worked their since I have been a student. On top of that, they forced the photography students to take classes in a film program they are trying and failing to create, wasting my time and money.
Asked on December 13, 2012 under General Practice, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Fraud is a knowing (or deliberate) misrepresentation (or lie) made about a material (or important) factor, which is made in order to induce you to enter into a transaction; if something is not a lie when told, but circumstances later change, it is not fraud. Therefore, if the teachers you mention were teachers there when the marketing materials (handbook, website) were made available to you, it would not be fraud if they happened to subsequently resign or otherwise leave.
If you believe that you have been the victim of fraud--such deliberate, material misrepresentations--then you may be entitled to monetary damages (compensation). If you think this was the case, speak with an attorney about whether you have a case, what it's worth, and about filing a lawsuit (if worthwhile).
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