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American Airlines race discrimination update: Philly airport clerk stands by claims
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia International Airport stock clerk who alleged American Airlines and some of its personnel helped to create a “discriminatory, hostile and bigoted environment” towards African-American employees stands by those claims, after a motion to dismiss was brought by the airline. -
American Airlines update: Company wants to dismiss several counts from clerk's race discrimination lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA – American Airlines is seeking to dismiss claims from a lawsuit brought by a Philadelphia International Airport stock clerk, who alleged the company and some of its personnel helped to create a “discriminatory, hostile and bigoted environment” towards African-American employees. -
American Airlines accused of facilitating anti-African-American work environment
PHILADELPHIA – A stock clerk working at Philadelphia International Airport for American Airlines alleges the company has “created a discriminatory, hostile and bigoted environment towards its African-American employees,” in a new lawsuit. -
Settlement talks in J&J exec's tragic flight lawsuit against Southwest Airlines extended for sixth time
PHILADELPHIA – Settlement proceedings have been granted a sixth time extension to obtain further evidence, in an action filed by a man on board the infamous Southwest Airlines flight from April 2018 where one passenger was partially sucked out of the plane and later died. -
American Airlines asks federal judge to toss case over woman's injuries
PHILADELPHIA — A Fort Worth, Texas-based airline being sued by a Huntingdon Valley couple over an employee's fall that allegedly caused injuries in a jet bridge last year is asking a federal judge to throw out the case. -
Johnson & Johnson exec engaged in settlement talks over fateful April 2018 Southwest Airlines flight
PHILADELPHIA – Settlement proceedings are ongoing in an action filed by a man on board the infamous Southwest Airlines flight from April 2018 on which one passenger was partially sucked out of the plane and later died. -
City of Philadelphia sues financial institutions for 'billions' in alleged overcharging on bond interest rates
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has filed an antitrust class-action lawsuit in a New York federal court last week, charging seven prominent financial institutions with conspiracy in forcing it and other municipal borrowers to pay steep sums of interest on variable-rate bonds over an eight-year period spanning 2008 to 2016. -
Airline employee sues concrete company over alleged slip on ice
PHILADELPHIA — An airline employee is suing Premier Concrete Inc. and Paramount Building Solutions LLC, premises controllers, citing alleged failure to warn and negligence. -
Flight attendant says she was severely injured by passing Jamba Juice cart inside Philly International Airport
PHILADELPHIA – A flight attendant who alleges she was barreled over by a juice store’s supply cart and seriously injured inside Philadelphia International Airport, is now pursuing damages against the company to which the store belongs. -
Johnson & Johnson exec sues over infamous Southwest flight; He'd sent a goodbye text to his children during catastrophe
PHILADELPHIA – A fellow passenger on board the infamous Southwest Airlines flight last spring during which one passenger was partially sucked out of the plane and later died, is seeking damages from the airline and the airplane’s manufacturers. -
Former Piedmont Airlines employee wins Workers' Compensation claim after slipping on snow
HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania court has upheld a Workers' Compensation Appeal Board's award to a former Piedmont Airlines employee who was injured in a company parking lot. -
Court: TSA agents are not law enforcement officers and are shielded from civil tort claims
PHILADELPHIA – Air travelers who feel Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers conduct screenings a bit too close for comfort and pursue lawsuits in response might now find those agents are immune from such claims, given the first ruling from a federal appellate court on the matter. -
Woman aboard fatal Flight 1380 sues Southwest Airlines, GE; Passenger was partially sucked out of plane
PHILADELPHIA – A woman aboard a Southwest Airlines flight last spring during which one passenger was partially sucked out of the plane, eventually leading to her death and precipitating an emergency landing to take place at Philadelphia International Airport, has sued the airline and the plane’s manufacturers for damages. -
American Airlines passenger blames airline, other airport operators for injuries
PHILADELPHIA — An airline passenger is suing American Airlines Group Inc. and other airport operators, alleging that insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries at the American Airlines terminal at Philadelphia International Airport. -
Mortuary worker says he suffered knee injuries picking up body at Philadelphia International Airport
PHILADELPHIA – A mortuary worker who allegedly suffered serious knee injuries when picking up a body at Philadelphia International Airport has filed a lawsuit against both a cargo transport business and Delta Airlines. -
Plaintiff sues Uber after 'deranged' driver takes her on harrowing ride
PHILADELPHIA – An Uber passenger from Montgomery County who says she was left stranded on the Pennsylvania Turnpike by her allegedly-impaired and “deranged” driver, is taking the popular ride-hailing mobile app and the driver in question to court. -
US Airways gets out of lawsuit filed by baggage handler hit by door
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court has awarded summary judgment to US Airways in a lawsuit filed by an injured baggage handler, but he can continue his claims against companies that designed, built and maintained the door. -
Former TSA employee alleges he was denied flight attendant job due to criminal record
PHILADELPHIA – A former airport store manager and security screener with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun litigation against an Indiana airline, claiming it unlawfully refused to hire him as a flight attendant due to his criminal record. -
Kunkletown couple says airport and city entities responsible for injury on tarmac
PHILADELPHIA – A Kunkletown couple have sued American Airlines, the City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia International Airport, alleging all three entities failed to protect one of the plaintiffs from injury on an airport tarmac. -
Montreal Convention doesn't apply to transit shipment dispute, Pa. federal judge says
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge says the Montreal Convention hasn’t been proven to govern a dispute centered on a shipment of human growth hormone that was damaged in transit.