Delta v CrowdStrike and the 2024 outage

Delta v. CrowdStrike case information at JohnBandler.com

By John Bandler

This page has resources relating to this case, which I discuss in several places in my book on Cyberlaw.

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Delta v CrowdStrike and the 2024 OutageResources and Links for the book Cyberlaw: Law for Digital Spaces and Information Systems, by John Bandler

My cyberlaw book discusses this incident and the civil dispute between Delta and CrowdStrike in several places including Chapter 24 (intentional torts), Chapter 25 (negligence law) and Chapter 26 (contract law).

The basic arguments are that negligence and malfeasance with technology and cybersecurity caused damages and also led to breach of contract, all based upon a long technology outage at Delta which caused cancelled flights and cost Delta a lot of money and caused a lot of inconvenience for Delta passengers.

This page is a way to make certain case documents and citations easily available for learners. Instead of manually typing in URLs or searching for case documents, they are all here, and I can update this while the book remains static until the next edition.

Documents and case summary

1. Pre-lawsuit lawyer letters

2. List of various legal cases

  • Delta Air Lines Inc v CrowdStrike Inc, Georgia Superior Court, Fulton County, No. 24CV013621 (Delta suing CrowdStrike in Georgia state court, multiple claims including gross negligence, breach of contract, computer trespass)
  • CrowdStrike, Inc., v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1:24-cv-04904-TWT (CrowdStrike suing Delta for a declaratory judgment)
  • Bajra et al v Delta Air Lines, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, No. 24-03477 (class action civil lawsuit, federal court, breach of contract claims, airline passengers vs. Delta)
  • Del Rio et al v. CrowdStrike, Inc., U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 1:24-CV-881-RP (class action civil lawsuit, federal court, Delta passengers vs. CrowdStrike for negligence, public nuisance)
    • Consolidated with Harlan et al v. CrowdStrike, 1:24-cv-00954-RP

3. Documents for Civil lawsuit, Delta vs. CrowdStrike, Fulton County, Georgia, under Georgia state law

  • 2024-10-25 civil complaint: Delta v. CrowdStrike, in Fulton Co., GA (state court), Case 24CV013621, full caption: Delta Air Lines, Inc., v. CrowdStrike, Inc. (alleging many claims including computer trespass, breach of contract, product defect, gross negligence, deceptive and unfair business practices)
  • COMING SOMEDAY Motion to Dismiss
  • COMING SOMEDAY Response to Motion to Dismiss
  • 2025-05-16 Order Delta v Crowdstrike GA Fulton Co court decision (order) ruling on CrowdStrike's motion to dismiss the complaint (dismisses count 4 for intentional misrepresentation and fraud, but leaves all the other counts).

3.1 Statutes cited in the Delta vs. CrowdStrike GA complaint

4. Documents for Civil lawsuit, CrowdStrike vs. Delta, U.S. District Court, N.D. Georgia

  • 2024-10-25 civil complaint: CrowdStrike v. Delta, in USDC NDGA (federal court, US District Court of the Northern District of Georgia), case 1:24-cv-04904-TWT, full caption CrowdStrike, Inc., v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (for a declaratory judgment)
  • COMING SOMEDAY Motion to Dismiss
  • COMING SOMEDAY Response to Motion to Dismiss
  • COMING SOMEDAY - additional documents

5. Documents for Civil lawsuit, Bajra et al (a class of plaintiffs) vs. Delta, U.S. District Court, N.D. Georgia

5. Documents for Civil lawsuit, Del Rio et al (a class of plaintiffs) vs. CrowdStrike, U.S. District Court, W.D. Texas

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Originally posted 11/21/2024.  Updated 10/23/2025.