Tag: law
NEWS Jul 16, 2026 Shuttle Bus Manager Sues Atlanta Hartsfield After Stabbing by Homeless Man Who Allegedly Should Not Have Been on Airport Grounds A shuttle bus manager stabbed by a homeless man at Atlanta Hartsfield has sued the airport, alleging security failures allowed the attacker on site. Read More →
NEWS Jul 15, 2026 Qatar Airways Sued Over Passenger Death Linked to Allergen Exposure on Doha Flight The family of a passenger who died after suffering anaphylactic shock on a Qatar Airways flight has filed a lawsuit against the carrier. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Jul 13, 2026 Law Firms Launch Investigations Into Frontier Airlines Following Data Breach Tied to Ransomware Group Multiple law firms are investigating Frontier Airlines after a data breach potentially exposed sensitive customer information linked to a ransomware attack. Read More →
NEWS Jun 24, 2026 Michigan Loses Bid to Dismiss Airline Lawsuit Over Flight Attendant Sick Pay Rules A judge has ruled that an airline industry lawsuit challenging Michigan's sick pay law as applied to flight attendants can proceed. Read More →
NEWS Jun 05, 2026 United Flight Attendant's Lawsuit Raises Hard Questions About Workplace Safety in Aviation A veteran United Airlines flight attendant's lawsuit alleging sexual assault and stalking by a colleague spotlights gaps in how airlines handle misconduct claims. Read More →
NEWS May 21, 2026 After 17 Years and Two Trials, a Paris Court Has Finally Found Airbus and Air France Guilty of Killing 228 People Over the Atlantic A Paris appeals court has today delivered one of the most consequential verdicts in the history of commercial aviation, finding both Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the June 2009 crash of Air France Flight AF447; a disaster that killed all 228 people on board and remains the worst aviation accident in French history. Read More →
NEWS May 07, 2026 Delta Is Facing a $5 Million Lawsuit for Allegedly Steering Passengers Away From Cash Refunds They Had Already Paid For A class action lawsuit filed in a New York district court on May 1, 2026 has placed Delta Air Lines at the centre of one of the most pointed consumer protection challenges in recent US aviation history, accusing the Atlanta-based carrier of deliberately designing its cancellation website to push passengers who purchased fully refundable tickets toward an inferior, expiring electronic credit rather than the cash refund they contractually paid a premium to receive. Read More →
NEWS Apr 30, 2026 A Delta Passenger Snapped During a Weather Delay in Atlanta and Now Faces Up to 20 Years in Federal Prison What began as a frustrating but routine weather delay at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on the evening of April 27, 2026, ended with a passenger in federal custody, a planeload of 168 travellers stranded for more than five hours on the tarmac. Read More →
NEWS Apr 28, 2026 Southwest Flight Attendant Awarded $1 Million After 9-Year Lawsuit Over Religious Beliefs A nine-year legal battle between a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, her airline, and her own union has reached its financial conclusion. Read More →
NEWS Apr 24, 2026 A Single Social Media Reply About Cookies and Cache Has Landed JetBlue in Federal Court What began as a customer complaint about a $230 airfare increase on the social media platform X has escalated rapidly into a federal class action lawsuit, congressional scrutiny, and a nationwide conversation about one of the most contentious emerging practices in consumer commerce, surveillance pricing. Read More →