Delta Fuel Dumping Class Action Should Go to Trial, Judge Says

Delta Air Lines Inc. lost its bid to get an early win in a case alleging that one of its jets dumped 15,000 gallons of fuel on Los Angeles area homes, after a federal judge found that there are triable factual issues with the claims.

“There is a genuine issue of fact was to whether Delta violated the applicable federal standard of care,” Judge John A. Kronstadt of the US District Court for the Central District of California said.

The case stems from a January 2020 flight to Shanghai that experienced an engine failure shortly after it departed Los Angeles ...