A scheme to inflate and maintain freight forwarding surcharges that began shortly after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks, and continued until January 2011, has led DHL Express to agree to pay a US$53 million settlement in a class action lawsuit that was filed in 2008. If approved, the settlement will allow DHL to exit the lawsuit.
\nThe express company has agreed to cooperate with the plaintiffs in pursuing claims against the sole remaining defendant accused of antitrust behavior, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. DHL said it will provide witnesses, evidence and supplemental data if the case should go to trial. Plaintiffs, however, have also indicated that they have reached a settlement, in principle, with Hellmann last month.
\nPrecision Associates Inc., et al v. Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd., et al, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the eastern district of New York. The suit was brought by 11 plaintiffs, \u00a0including shippers Precision Associates, Mail Boxes Etc. Inc. and JCK Industries, Inc., and accused multiple companies of antitrust conspiracies that violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, according to Top Class Actions.
\nOther companies involved in the eight-year-long price-fixing litigation \u2013 including Agility Logistics, UPS, SDV, Panalpina, Geodis, DSV, Jet Speed, Toll Group, Dachser and others \u2013 agreed to pay a total of $197.6 million in October in 11 separate settlements.
\nApproval of DHL\u2019s settlement will save judicial and litigation costs. If approved, the class action is open to any of the class members who purchased U.S. freight forwarding services for shipments to or from the U.S. between Jan. 1, 2001 and Jan. 4, 2011.
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