Spirit Airlines recently received a class action lawsuit in federal court from a disgruntled customer. According to the Spirit class action lawsuit, Spirit Airlines advertises on their website that for a low cost passenger can use a special security lane at the departure airport, instead of the regular, often very crowded, security queue. The plaintiff states that this is totally false and misleading and that there are no such lanes at Spirit Airlines. The class action lawsuit is currently going through the court process.
The class action lawsuit seems pretty standard, but I have seen other lawsuits like this that do not mention a notice upfront. In many cases, if a lawsuit is brought against a company it is because there was a policy violation. Sometimes when policies are violated, there is not a legal reason to bring a lawsuit until you get caught. Spirit Airlines did not violate any policies at any time during the time that this incident occurred.
There is a specific procedure for filing a class action lawsuit in the United States. It starts with a legal complaint, which is not filed in the common law courts but in the circuit courts of the united states. The complaint must contain all of the facts and arguments that the plaintiff wishes to establish that they have suffered a legally valid claim. Then it must be accompanied by a request for an admission of liability along with a claim form.
The claim form is simply an application that the customer fills out on behalf of the class action lawsuit plaintiffs. They ask for proof of liability. This is done by showing that they actually have a legally binding agreement from Spirit Airlines. In fact, a copy of that contract must be given to the customer. Then the customer goes onto describe what happened and ask for their claim form to be processed. If they get approved, they submit the necessary information to Spirit Airlines and then wait to see if there are any responses from Spirit Airlines.
Spirit Airlines gets the ball rolling by responding quickly to the complaint, usually within one to three business days. However, after about seven days, Spirit Airlines begins using deceptive practices in order to get more money from the prospective class action lawsuit plaintiffs. In fact, they make up different forms of complaints in an attempt to confuse the consumers and keep them from learning what the legitimate issues are.
In the case that Spirit Airlines does not respond to the claims, the suit then moves onto a discovery phase. Discovery is one of the most important parts of a class action lawsuit because it allows the attorneys to learn the truth about how the airline company operates. They get to find out how much money they are making from ticket sales and how much money they are taking from the seats that they are renting out. Most importantly, they get to learn whether or not the airline company is charging legitimate prices for tickets. The bottom line is that if Spirit Airlines continues to use questionable tactics, then more class action lawsuit plaintiffs will receive the help they need from a professional legal team that has a strong track record when it comes to handling these types of cases. So please, do not settle with a Class Action Lawsuit if your airline is guilty of cheating consumers out of their money and plane seats!
