I have no sympathy for those who file frivolous suits. Learnt this from my-wife-the-lawyer. Here's one she handled some years ago -- she was, at the time, the Assistant General Counsel for a major US University -- you'd probably have heard of it if I told the name.

A male student from New Jersey was accepted as a freshman (the University is highly competitive, by the way, and a private school). At the end of his first semester he had a grade point average of 0.9 on a four point system and was placed on academic probation. At the end of his freshman year he'd brought the GPA up to where he could enroll as a sophomore, but would still be on academic pro, and was told that if his GPA didn't move into acceptable areas that semester would be his last. (By the way, the school has special programs to help students succeed!)

His GPA dropped to 0.8, and the school tossed him out.

He went back to New Jersey and whined and cried to daddy, telling dear old dad that he was tossed out because the teachers didn't like him and basically told him everything except the truth. Daddy, a great fan of the school, was irate and called a lawyer. The lawyer called my wife, using the argument that:

"Because the kid had been accepted at the school, the school OWED him a degree."

She laughed, got the kid's files, had a copy certified and sent it to the lawyer. The lawyer talked to daddy, whose anger was re-directed. Now get this: Daddy called my wife and apologized! Only time THAT ever happened.

Interesting argument, though. Maybe I'll get a doctorate.