After deliberating for parts of two days, jurors in the court of U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman ordered Skiplagged Inc. to pay American Airlines $4.7 million in damages for copyright infringement, and another $4.7 million in disgorged profits.
Jury Deliberating in AA’s Trademark Suit Against Skiplagged
The airline is seeking at least $19.9 million in actual damages from the online company that promotes bargain-priced ‘hidden city’ ticketing. Skiplagged Inc. argues that American failed to prove there was infringement of its trademarks and deserves nothing.
AA Suit Against Skiplagged Headed to Jury
Closing arguments are planned for Friday in American Airlines’s federal suit against the multimillion-dollar online site that promotes bargain-priced ‘hidden city’ ticketing.
AA Suit Against Bargain-Fare Site Skiplagged Could Go to Jury Tuesday
The airline wrapped up presentation of its trademark-violation case in federal court in Fort Worth on Wednesday, the third day of testimony.
‘Skiplagging’ Hurts American Airlines and Its Customers, Witnesses Say
The testimony came on the second day of AA’s suit against an online site that promotes cheaper flights to users who book ‘hidden city’ tickets to destinations other than those at which they truly intend to arrive.
Skiplagged CEO Acknowledges Using American Airlines Trademarks Without Permission to Market Tickets
The testimony by Aktarer Zaman came on the first day of AA’s trademark-violation suit against Zaman’s company, which promotes the practice of booking “hidden city” flights that are contrary to the airline’s terms and conditions.
Trial in American Airlines’ Suit Against Company Promoting ‘Hidden City’ Fares Begins Monday
The carrier says the practice known as ‘skiplagging’ — booking a flight with a layover, then abandoning the second leg of the flight — violates airline policies and leaves travelers at risk of having their tickets declared invalid.
Fired Police Captain Gets $21.35M in Wrongful Termination Trial
A federal jury in Sherman on Thursday awarded $21.35 million in damages to a former Quitman police captain who was fired then arrested for signing an affidavit in 2017 saying he didn’t think a friend could get a fair trial in Wood County because of an improperly close relationship between the county sheriff, the district attorney and the state district judge assigned to Wood County.
‘How Could This Possibly Happen in the United States?’ Lawyer for Fired Quitman Police Captain Asks
In closing arguments, Laura Benitez Geisler of Dallas, the lawyer for Terry Bevill, tells a federal jury he deserves at least $33 million because he was wrongfully fired and arrested for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech. The jury enters its second day of deliberations Thursday morning.
Fired Quitman Police Captain’s Suit Headed to Jury
After six days of testimony, closing arguments in Terry Bevill’s wrongful-termination lawsuit are scheduled for Wednesday morning before U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of Sherman.