Lawsuit Alleges UPS Engaged In Fraud Over Package Insurance
A lawyer representing customers of United Parcel Service has sued the package carrier, accusing it of insurance fraud.
If a judge approves it as a class-action lawsuit, damages sought would triple to $42 billion, said James Swaim, the attorney in Dayton representing the plaintiffs.
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The lawsuit seeks $14 billion in compensatory damages for about 20 customers in four states who bought package insurance over the past 16 years. It was filed in mid-November in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court in Dayton, Ohio.
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UPS spokesman Norman Black dismissed the legal action as “totally without merit” and said the company would vigorously contest the case.
