Legal Opinion
Scarlett v. Air Methods Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 25, 2019No. 18-1247; 18-1249PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.
*1057 This is an appeal from the dismissal of two putative class action complaints as pre-empted by the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA), 49 U.S.C. § 41713 . Defendants-Appellees Air Methods Corporation and Rocky Mountain Holdings, LLC provide air ambulance services, which means that they fly sick and injured individuals to hospitals for medical treatment. These flights are expensive; patients are regularly charged tens of thousands of dollars per flight. Defendants provided air ambulance services to Plaintiffs-Appellants, or in some cases to their minor children. Plaintiffs…
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