SCARLETT v. AIR METHODS CORP.

No. 18-1247, No. 18-1249.

922 F.3d 1053 (2019)

Jeremy Lee SCARLETT, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AIR METHODS CORPORATION; Rocky Mountain Holdings LLC, Defendants-Appellees. United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee. Randal Cowen; Keith Kranhold, Executor of the Estate of Kenneth Kranhold; Griff Hughes; Lana Hughes; Yolanda O'Neale, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Air Methods Corporation; Rocky Mountain Holdings LLC, Defendants-Appellees. United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed April 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. White , Edward L. White, P.C., Edmond, Oklahoma ( Kerry D. Green , Edward L. White, P.C., Edmond, Oklahoma; Thomas Melvin Rogers, III , and Abby Caroline Harder , Lewis Roca Rothberger Christie, LLP, Denver, Colorado; Mario A. Pacella , Strom Law Firm, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina; Troy M. Frederick , Frederick Law Group, PLLC, Indiana, Pennsylvania; S. Alex Yaffe , Foshee & Yaffe, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Andrew P. Campbell and Stephen D. Wadsworth , Campbell Guin, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama; and Noble K. McIntyre , McIntyre Law Firm, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), appearing for Appellants Jeremy Scarlett, Edward Adams, Joel Griffith, Gary Supeau, Reid Hardy, Michael Robertson, Jenny Stephens, Heather Bartley, Judd Bartley, Jodene Lopresto, Sarah Oelke, Bobbie Reed, Amy Vanzant, Thomas Wade, Jonathan Burleson, Jennier McCloskey, Warren Larson, Johnny Alexander, Kathleen Gore, Ann Koehler, Mary Gurnsey, Susan Schaefer, Ethan Galis, Angela Wallace, Joelle Rogers, Erick Murrer, Ivan Olfert, Scott Cresswell, William Ulmer, Emily McKinley, Clark Bailey, David Thrasher, Karen Shaw, Lauren Miller, and Russell Fulford.

Richard J. Burke ( Jamie Weiss and Zachary A. Jacobs , with him on the briefs), Quantum Legal, LLC, Highland Park, Illinois, appearing for Appellants Randal Cowen, Keith Kranhold, Griff Hughes, Lana Hughes, and Yolanda O'Neale.

Lewis S. Yelin , Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC ( Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Jason R. Dunn , United States Attorney, and Michael S. Raab , Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Steven G. Bradbury , General Counsel, Paul M. Geier , Assistant General Counsel for Litigation and Enforcement, and Charles E. Enloe , Trial Attorney, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC, with him on the brief), appearing for Intervenor United States of America.

Christina F. Gomez , Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, Colorado ( Matthew J. Smith and Jessica J. Smith , Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, Colorado; and David A. King and Michael A. Cottone , Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC, Nashville, Tennessee, with her on the brief), appearing for Appellees Air Methods Corporation and Rocky Mountain Holdings LLC.

Before BRISCOE, LUCERO, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


This is an appeal from the dismissal of two putative class action complaints as pre-empted by the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA), 49 U.S.C. § 41713. Defendants-Appellees Air Methods Corporation and Rocky Mountain Holdings, LLC provide air ambulance services, which means that they fly sick and injured individuals to hospitals...

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