A St. John’s law firm is moving full steam ahead with a national class-action lawsuit against companies that were paid millions of dollars for school trips that didn’t happen due to COVID-19.

Many families are still waiting and hoping to get their money back but have received little or nothing to date from Explorica, as well as its insurance companies Old Republic and Arch Insurance.

Lawyer Travis Payne with the firm Curtis Dawe says in this province the lawsuit now includes about 150 families, adding it’s unfortunate they’ve been caught in the middle.

Payne says there’s a dispute between the travel and insurance companies as to who should pay how much, but he believes families should get their money first and the companies can then hash out the details between them.

Families across the country are still owed about $10 million in total, he said.