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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court holds that the state’s Pandemic Liability Protection Act applies retroactively to a former Southern Methodist University student’s lawsuit against the school for moving to online classes during the Covid-19 pandemic. Though the law was not on the books when the student was in school, the rules it created bar his contract claim.

Read the ruling [here. ](https://webservices.courthousenews.com/sites/Data/AppellateOpinionUploads/2024-30-4--13-59-58-Texas Supreme.pdf)

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