By Mark Edward Nero, American Shipper; October 16, 2017
U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman on Oct. 10 issued an order denying class action status for a decade-old antitrust lawsuit in which a group of rail shippers is accusing the four major U.S.-based Class I railroads of a five-year price-fixing conspiracy.
In an order that was issued nearly 10 years after the case was transferred to the court, Judge Friedman said that the plaintiffs didn’t managed to establish the requirements for the case to be prosecuted as a class action lawsuit.
The denial of class certification means that each plaintiff must establish its individual claim and prove damages based on its own shipments during the class period.
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