BOSTON -- American Airlines says it no longer will allow passengers to tip skycaps at Logan International Airport.

The move comes after a jury awarded $325,000 to nine Boston skycaps who said the airline's $2-per-bag curbside check-in fee deeply cut into their tips and violated the Massachusetts Tips Law.

American said today that its decision to end tipping was in light of the jury verdict, as well as a new state law that will make triple damages automatic for violations of the state tips law.

The airline, owned by AMR Corp., said the company it contracts with to provide curbside check-in service will raise the hourly wages of skycaps to $12 to $15 per hour.

A lawyer for the skycaps called the change "retaliatory" and said she would seek an injunction to stop it.

American said it would ask the judge to overturn the jury's verdict.