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Source: Associated Press

Delta Air Lines Inc. has failed to block a lawsuit filed by a passenger rights advocate seeking a minimum of $11 million from the airline for allegedly conspiring to obtain hacked e-mails from her computer.

A federal judge in Houston has rejected Delta’s request to throw out the lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake said in an order dated Thursday that a reasonable person could conclude that it was more likely than not that it was Delta that hacked into Kate Hanni’s computer and stole her files.

Hanni, of FlyersRights.org, alleges that Delta wanted to derail her efforts to protect air travelers from lengthy tarmac delays and other inconveniences.

Delta, based in Atlanta, denies wrongdoing.

The judge said Delta had motive and means and despite the carrier’s explanation that it came upon the e-mails through legal means, there is genuine dispute about how Delta got them. Sim is allowing the case to move forward. No trial date has been set.

A Delta spokesman declined Friday to comment on Lake’s ruling.

Hanni and her group have been a thorn in the side of the airline industry, pushing Congress to enact a passenger bill of rights at a time when airlines have been suffering from big revenue declines due to the drop-off in demand for air travel during the recession.

In late December, the Department of Transportation imposed new rules on airlines, including one that limits tarmac delays to three hours. Hanni and her group supported the limit.

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My Take: Good to see that there is at least one judge out there who is immune to the big-money backing airlines and their legal lobbyists.  The group Flyers Rights has every legal prerogative to investigate and push for a set of fair and practical standards for airline passengers, especially with respect to fees, which these days seem to be creeping up faster than they can take our peanuts and our blankets away from us.

At the rate at which fees are climbing business travelers will find it increasingly difficult to take more than a laptop and a backpack on board a plane for fear of tipping the company’s budget.  The average Paramus divorce law attorney or even the best Monmouth County criminal defense lawyer won’t be able to afford to take on case outside the state of New Jersey.  Seattle software reps will have to rely upon video conferencing to close a deal.  The Bergen County divorce mediator you had hoped would be able to meet you and your soon-to-be ex-husband or wife won’t be able to fly into Boston to meet with you because fees are too high, the lines are too long, and frankly the drive just doesn’t justify the time and pay involved.

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