Bus Company Backs Off Student Lawsuits

Wednesday, 01 May 2013 | by Pat's Picks

An Illinois company has backed off its strategy of taking University of Illinois students to small claims court after the school paper noted that 124 students had been served with outrageous fines in the last six months, included 71 fines issued in a single day. The Chicago Tribune says dozens of students reported that they had received $100 fines for using inadvertently using the wrong bus ticket on the wrong day. In some cases the fines were as high as $500, a surcharge that was tacked on to the normal 50-cent student fare.

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune