March 28, 2024
Passengers who say United Airlines used the COVID-19 pandemic as cover for refusing to reimburse them for cost-cutting cancelations cannot pursue their case as a class because their claims turn on too many individual questions, an Illinois federal judge determined Wednesday.
July 17, 2023
Consumers are asking an Illinois federal judge to certify their proposed class action alleging United Airlines improperly denied passengers full refunds for flights that were canceled during the pandemic, with United countering that the lead plaintiffs have no viable breach of contract claim.
March 22, 2021
United Airlines asked an Illinois federal judge Monday to snuff "extraordinarily broad" discovery requests in a proposed consolidated class action over refunds for COVID-19-related flight cancellations, saying two consumers leading the case shouldn't be allowed to advance their claims anyway since they've already received their refunds.
February 12, 2021
An Illinois federal judge said on Friday that United Airlines can't use the force majeure clause in its contracts to entirely evade claims that it improperly denied passengers full refunds for flights that were canceled amid the pandemic, saying most of the passengers' claims can move forward.
October 29, 2020
United Airlines can't hide behind a force majeure clause in its contracts to deny passengers full refunds for flights that were canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a proposed class of consumers said in an Illinois federal court filing Thursday.
April 06, 2020
As airlines slash flight schedules in an effort to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, United Airlines Inc. violated consumer protection laws by refusing to refund passengers for canceled flights, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in Chicago federal court.