Airlines Seek Dismissal Of Suit Stemming From Enforcement Of COVID-19 Masking Rules

(September 22, 2023, 12:31 PM EDT) -- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A group of airlines renewed their dismissal motions as to claims by an airline passenger that their enforcement of the federal transportation mask mandate imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was illegal and that they conspired to discriminate against him because of his disability after a Kentucky federal judge dismissed as moot or otherwise nonjusticiable all claims against the CDC and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services....