Minnesota police officer Jacob Rudolph planned to take his family to Hilton Head, SC for vacation on April 4, 2020—then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Rudolph paid $1,521.45 for three tickets in January 2020. The airline cancelled thousands of flights due to the coronavirus pandemic, impacting thousands more customers. United Airlines offered to rebook its customers’ flights or issue travel vouchers, which would expire one year from the original ticket date. The airline since extended the voucher expirations for up two years. After repeatedly requesting a refund to no avail, Rudolph filed a federal class action lawsuit in Chicago (read it here). United Airlines’ refusal to refund passengers is particularly troubling…
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“TIGER KING” JOE EXOTIC POUNCES ON FEDS WITH $94 MILLION LAWSUIT
Foremost, if you haven’t seen Netflix’s seven-part, true crime documentary series “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness”, do yourself a quarantine favor and watch it now. Joseph Maldonado-Passage f/k/a Joe Schreibvogel a/k/a Joe Exotic is a former big cat breeder and roadside zoo owner who is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for two counts of murder for hire, eight counts of falsifying wildlife records, and nine counts of violating the Endangered Species Act (in part, for killing five tigers). Launched from his jail cell in Grady County, Oklahoma and serving as his own attorney, Exotic is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and…