Navient, the country’s largest student loan servicer, must face a proposed class action accusing it of falsely telling borrowers nationwide their student loans would be eligible for a debt relief program for public service workers, a federal judge in Florida ruled.

In a decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew in Tampa rejected Navient’s argument that the lawsuit, which asserts state law claims, is preempted by the U.S. Higher Education Act (HEA).

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