The class action lawsuit on behalf of passengers of Air Canada Flight 624 — which crash landed on a Halifax runway in March, 2015 — has been certified, according to Wagner’s Law Firm. Wagners, which is representing the passengers, said in a release Monday the lawsuit against Air Canada, Airbus S.A.S., Nav Canada, the Halifax International Airport Authority and Transport Canada. Transport Canada …
An Air Methods helicopter in California in February. (Photo by Alan Wilson, Creative Commons ) Centennial-based Air Methods Corp., the nation’s largest air ambulance company, was hit last week with the sixth lawsuit since 2015 alleging that it overcharges patients. In a complaint filed Nov. 4, a Pennsylvania man injured in a car accident claims that publicly traded Air Methods Corp. billed him …
People who live in Security-Widefield and Fountain aren’t just sitting back and waiting until the water contamination is resolved by officials. A lot of people are now part of at least two class action lawsuits to get damages they said are caused by the contaminated water. Peterson Air Force Base admits to using firefighting foam that contained potentially dangerous …
An Alberta man with a dream of racking up enough Air Miles to go on a South Pacific vacation is the plaintiff in a potential class-action lawsuit against the loyalty-rewards program, which has said older miles will begin expiring at the end of this year. The statement of claim for the class action, yet to be certified, was filed this week on behalf of David Helm of Red Deer, Alta., and could …
A lawsuit has been filed in connection with the fatal explosion at a home in Quemado involving an 18-wheeler that contained Takata air bag inflators. The incident occurred Aug. 22 when investigators said the 18-wheeler, which contained a load of Takata air bag inflators, ran off the road, caught fire and exploded, killing Lucila Robles, 69. Investigators said the truck was also …
A federal district judge in California has approved a settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz over faulty roof air conditioners in Sprinter vans. The settlement extends the warranty on about 10,000 Freightliner and Mercedes Sprinter vans nationwide, attorneys representing plaintiffs in the case said. Customers said the air conditioners leaked so much water, it seemed to be …
Days after being named in a lawsuit, both Townsquare Media and KLAQ-95.5 FM radio host Buzz Adams responded to the lawsuit, saying that the anti-maternity leave allegations made against …
Volkswagen owners can finally dump their cheatin’ cars, if they want to. The German automaker has agreed to an unprecedented U.S. settlement to make things right after admitting that it programmed about half a million of its diesel cars to cheat on emissions tests. When driven on the road, the vehicles put out levels of nitrogen oxide well above U.S. pollution standards.
And then there was none. Air India, the last defendant remaining among nearly three dozen air cargo carriers prosecuted in 2006 over a global conspiracy to artificially inflate the price of air freight services, has entered into a settlement agreement of $12.5 million, bringing the …
Air New Zealand has agreed to pay $US35 million ($A47.57 million) to settle a class-action lawsuit in the US. The action by freight forwarding companies claimed airlines colluded over cargo fuel and security surcharges between 2000 and 2006. New Zealand’s national carrier was one of only two airlines still holding out in the suit – the other being Air India – after 26 airlines cut settlement …