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Clarkson v. Alaska Airlines Inc, et al

  1. August 26, 2024

    Alaska Airlines Inks $4.75M Deal To End Military Leave Suit

    Alaska Airlines Inc. and Horizon Air Industries Inc. will pay $4.75 million to resolve a class action alleging it shortchanged pilots who took short-term military leave while allowing others to claim pay for jury duty or bereavement leave, a policy the service members called biased.

  2. July 06, 2023

    5 Notable Developments In Military Leave Litigation

    Several cases are grappling with whether military leave is comparable to other forms of leave, signaling important rulings ahead. Here, Law360 explores five cases that show progress toward answering that question.

  3. May 25, 2021

    Alaska Airlines Nabs Win In Pilots' Military Paid Leave Suit

    Alaska Airlines and its sister airline beat a class action lodged by a pilot who claimed the airlines should have paid pilots full wages while on military duty, after a Washington district court found the pilots couldn't equate military leave with jury duty or sick leave.

  4. August 05, 2020

    Alaska Airlines Military Leave Suit Gets Class Treatment

    A Washington federal judge has allowed a suit accusing Alaska Airlines Inc. and a sister carrier of shorting pilots on pay when they took short-term military leave to move forward as a class action, although he narrowed the scope of the classes in the case.

  5. June 19, 2020

    Alaska Air Fights Class Cert. Bid In Military Leave Pay Row

    Alaska Airlines Inc. and a sister carrier have urged a Washington federal judge not to give class status to a suit claiming the airlines shorted pilots on pay when they took short-term military leave, arguing the pilot who sued isn't actually in the military anymore.

  6. August 09, 2019

    Alaska Airlines Fails Again To Stop Military Leave Pay Claim

    A Washington federal judge won't reconsider or allow Alaska Airlines Inc. and its sister carrier Horizon Air Industries Inc. to appeal his ruling letting a pilot move forward with a proposed class action accusing the airlines of shorting pilots on pay when they take short-term military leave.

  7. June 18, 2019

    Alaska Airlines Can't Dodge Military Leave Pay Suit

    A Washington federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a proposed class action accusing Alaska Airlines Inc. and its sister company Horizon Air Industries Inc. of shortchanging hundreds of pilots who took short-term military leave on pay and benefits.