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DIFIORE v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Civil Action No. 07-10070-WGY.

483 F.Supp.2d 121 (2007)

Don DiFIORE, Leon Bailey, James E. Brooks, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hillary A. Schwab, Shannon E. Liss-Riordan, Pyle, Rome Lichten, Ehrenberg & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Boston, MA, William L. Parker, Fitzhugh, Parker & Alvaro, LLP, Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs.

William L. Parker, Barbara L. Horan, Sonia L. Skinner, Fitzhugh, Parker & Alvaro LLP, Errin K. Higgins, Michael R. Bernardo, Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford, LLP, Boston, MA, R. Rogge, Shain Khoshbin, Worthy W. Walker, Dunn, Clouse Dunn Khoshbin, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

Airline passengers generally tip skycaps who help them with their baggage. In 2005, American Airlines ("American") instituted a service charge of $2 per bag on bags handled at the curbside. Skycaps collect, but American retains, the resulting revenues. Few passengers have tipped in addition to paying the new fee. The skycaps accuse American of diverting tip revenue to itself in violation of the Massachusetts...

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