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Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. and Asiana Airlines Inc. have reached a $65 million class action lawsuit settlement resolving allegations they conspired to fix prices for air passenger travel between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea. If you bought a qualifying ticket between January 1, 2000 and August 1, 2007, you may be entitled to cash and coupons for future air passenger travel as part of the class action settlement.
The Korean Air settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit that claims the alleged conspiracy included meetings, conversations and communications in the U.S. and elsewhere between the two Defendants during which they agreed to establish artificially high prices for air passenger travel.
In cases separate from this class action lawsuit, brought by the United States Department of Justice, the Defendants pled guilty to criminal antitrust violations and agreed to pay a fine. Despite pleading guilty in the DOJ cases, Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines deny the allegations raised in the class action lawsuit but have agreed to a settlement to resolve the litigation.
Claim Forms and more information on your rights in the Korean Air Passenger Class Action Settlement can be found at www.KoreanAirPassengerCases.com.
The case is In Re: Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd., Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 07-01891, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Western Division.
UPDATE: On Feb. 8, 2016, a final hearing was scheduled and Judge Otero is expected to issue an order soon. Once the order is issued, the settlement funds and coupon codes will be distributed to Class Members who submitted a valid and timely Claim Form.
UPDATE 2: On Feb. 11, 2016, according to the settlement website, airline passengers who filed a claim in the Korean Air class action settlement should expect to receive a check and coupon code in April!
UPDATE 3: On April 21, 2016 the settlement website posted the following update: “We now expect that the distribution to claimants will occur in late May 2016. Additional updates will appear on the website when the date for the distribution mailing is known. Thank you for your patience while the process is completed” Top Class Actions will continue to provide updates as we learn more. Keep checking back and let us know when you receive a check in the comments section below or on ourFacebook page.UPDATE 4: On June 1, 2016, several viewers reported receiving an email from the Settlement Administrator which included the following: “Payments are currently expected to be mailed to claimants in June of 2016. Rust has not been informed of the exact date on which the distribution will occur, but the settlement website will be updated once we receive this information.”
Top Class Actions will continue to provide updates as we learn more. Keep checking back and let us know when you receive a check in the comments section below or on our Facebook page.
UPDATE 5: According to the Settlement Administrator, checks and coupon codes will be distributed to Class Members on June 27, 2016.
UPDATE 6: On June 27, 2016, the settlement website was updated with the following: “The settlement checks and coupon codes were mailed out to verified claimants on June 27, 2016.” Keep checking back and let Top Class Actions know when you receive a check in the comments section below or on our Facebook page.
UPDATE 7: On June 29, 2016, Top Class Actions viewers started receiving checks in the mail from this class action settlement worth as much as $2643.61.
Who’s Eligible
Class Members of the Korean Air settlement include anyone who purchased at least one ticket for air passenger travel on Asiana Airlines or Korean Air Lines. The purchase must have been:
- Made in the United States;
- For a flight originating in the U.S. and ending in Korean or a flight originating in Korea and ending in the U.S.; and
- Made between January 1, 2000 and August 1, 2007.
Both businesses and individuals may be Class Members.
Potential Award
Class Members that submit a valid Claim Form will receive cash and coupons from the class action settlement, which will be distributed pro rata, based on the total number of qualifying purchases and valid Claim Forms submitted.
Claim Form Deadline
12/31/2013
Case Name
In Re: Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd., Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 07-01891, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Western Division
Settlement Website
Claims Administrator
Rust Consulting
Korean Air Passenger Antitrust Litigation
P.O. Box 2436
Faribault, MN 55021
1-888-261-1921
[email protected]
Class Counsel
Susan G. Kupfer
GLANCY BINKOW & GOLDBERG LLP
Jeff S. Westerman
WESTERMAN LAW GROUP
Marc M. Seltzer
Susman Godfrey L.L.P.
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Donald L. Morrow
Panteha Abdollahi
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525 thoughts onKorean Air Passenger Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
Liars. No checks have been sent yet. GROW UP AND QUIT LYING!!!!
Wow! People can’t read I took paper and covered my information hello! I don’t care I’m just saying don’t no one got a copy of Mt name address or account yall the dummies that’s what I said all that showed were it came from, if your telling the truth you don’t have prove anything to anyone get a life people
Stop lying people cause I got a small kashi check put a piece of paper over my name address and account number and posted it on the blog. Yall just want people to start bugging Rust, find something important to do with your time. Please!
No New Updates and now the official settlement website http://www.KoreanAirPassengerCases.com wont even load. Something fishy going on here!!!
Lots of people make over 100 trips a year. Maybe he went their on business. I fly over 15 times a month so that’s over 100 a year. I fly international over 50 times a year. Rust just need to just release the checks and send out the coupons later but I guess they don’t want to pay for the postage for that.
No! One person has 99 claims. It’s one claim with those trips, plus if ten trips or more they make you show proof, so! Again another person bored and full of it.
Tomorrow is the 18th of May. Still no word on the date of disbursement. Im wondering if its 83000 claimants or 83000 claims. If its 83000 claimants then the number will be extremely low as I have 99 claims. How many do the other claimants have? Im sure its 83000 claims as it was reported in a court document I seen previously. I dont think checks will be out until at least the middle of June. Wow this a year after they originally stated quote will be mailed out unquote…. BS It doesnt take that long to write a website up. I dont care what you think Obamacare website was up and running in four months, albeit they paid nearly a billion dollars for a website which didnt work to start with. I think we should start a game and have people guess the date of disbursement. My guess will be June 15th, 2016. What is yours?
99 trips in 7 years? Yea
I hope they prosecute you.
What is really going on with this 2 years+ are you serious rust.
Sure you did…
Got it! Mine is going to my vacation fund!