A federal court has preliminarily approved a class action lawsuit settlement against several van lines for allegedly violating antitrust regulations.


The Household Goods Movers Antitrust class action lawsuit concerns the assessment of fuel surcharges on certain interstate shipments of household goods. Plaintiffs in the case allege that the defendants set an inflated price for fuel surcharges charged to shippers for those shipments under a tariff named Tariff 400N. The defendants in the class action lawsuit -- American Moving & Storage, Atlas Van Lines, Mayflower Transit, United Van Lines or Wheaton Van Lines -- deny any wrongdoing but have agreed to a $40 million class action settlement resolve the litigation, claims the law firm initiating the litigation.

The violations of the Tariff allegedly took place from March 19, 2003 through December 31, 2007.
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