By Mike Curley Law360 (July 29, 2019, 2:18 PM EDT) — Volkswagen will offer free tire rotations and reimbursement for previous rotations for certain vehicles as part of a $57 million settlement to end a proposed class action in Florida federal court that claimed the company knowingly sold cars with defective suspensions. Volkswagen Group of America Inc. and […]
Plane maker’s funding pledge comes as families sue for compensation By Andrew Tangel Updated July 3, 2019 12:44 pm ET Boeing Co. BA 0.08% pledged $100 million in financial support to families and communities affected by two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX plane, as the company works to restore a reputation shaken by the tragedies. The Chicago-based plane maker said […]
Several families of the victims of the two Boeing 737 Max crashes say Boeing has not contacted them to offer support, condolences, or an apology. Boeing has apologized publicly, but the father of a woman killed in one of the crashes says “a true apology is when you sit across the table together and exchange […]
July 3, 2019 at 8:58 am Updated July 3, 2019 at 10:59 pm By Dominic Gates and Steve Miletich Seattle Times staff reporters Boeing announced a $100 million fund Wednesday as an “initial outreach” to the families of victims of the two 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, a step that lawyers for the families called “unprecedented […]