Legal Opinion
DiFIORE v. American Airlines, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 23, 2009No. Civil Action 07-10070-WGYPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
In the fall of 2005, American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) instituted a fee of $2 per bag for curbside check-in service. Traditionally, customers utilizing such services tipped skycaps who helped them handle their bags. American charged the new fee in such a way ($2 per bag, in cash only, given directly to skycaps) that made customers think they were still tipping skycaps; the revenue, however, was either retained by American or split between American and the skycaps’ employers. A number of skycaps (the “Skycaps”) brought this action claiming that the…
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