Stranded Passengers, Northwest Settle Suit
From Times Wire Reports
A judge in Romulus approved a $7.15-million settlement between Northwest Airlines and thousands of passengers who endured lengthy delays during a January 1999 blizzard.
At least 3,700 passengers will get checks averaging $1,300 in the settlement approved by Wayne County Circuit Judge Daphne Means Curtis. Checks are to be issued by early June.
Passengers filed a class-action lawsuit after they were trapped aboard 30 Northwest airplanes at Detroit Metropolitan Airport during a snowstorm Jan. 2 to 4.
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