Spirit Airlines, Delta Air Lines and dozens of other carriers are facing nearly 40 class actions claiming they failed to pay refunds to canceled passengers in the COVID-19 pandemic, and at least one plaintiffs lawyer wants all of the cases to be coordinated into multidistrict litigation.

Nicholas Coulson of Liddle & Dubin in Detroit, who is involved in 12 cases, filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, asking to coordinate the cases in Florida, Georgia or Illinois the motion seeks to consolidate 38 cases in 16 district courts involving 21 domestic and foreign airlines.

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