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 […]
New York (CNN Business) Boeing’s very bad year just got worse. It is now facing the very real possibility that the 737 Max crisis will stretch into next year. Even after it gets the planes back in the air, it will have to make deliveries of new planes to its customers. Until that backlog is cleared up, […]
Law360 (June 3, 2019, 5:57 PM EDT) — A Florida federal judge on Monday approved a request by direct purchasers of farm-raised salmon to appoint Hausfeld LLP and Podhurst Orseck PA as lead counsel to litigate their consolidated class antitrust suit against various North Atlantic salmon farms accused of illegal price fixing. U.S. District Judge […]
Boeing and lawyers suing on behalf of victims of last year’s Lion Air crash have agreed to a mediation in July in an attempt to settle the cases. By: Amanda Bronstad | May 29, 2019 at 07:35 PM The Boeing Co. has agreed to mediate dozens of lawsuits brought over last year’s Lion Air crash, […]
May 6, 2019 UMV: 1,536,967 By Ryan Boysen Law360 (May 6, 2019, 4:22 PM EDT) — The claims administrator for the NFL’s landmark concussion settlement has come out in defense of new medical rules that sparked opposition from players’ attorneys, calling them only tweaks that will help claims “glide through” the process and further underscoring […]
May 6, 2019 UMV: 1,536,967 By Nathan Hale Law360 (May 6, 2019, 6:05 PM EDT) — A group of automakers, including General Motors and Fiat Chrysler, fell short Friday on attempts to escape consumers’ economic damages claims against them in multidistrict litigation over the use of defective Takata Corp. air bags, but won assurances they […]
by Zach Schlein A Miami-Dade jury has sided with the estate of Timothy Johnson Jr. in its lawsuit alleging an aircraft engine manufacturer’s negligence caused the South Florida pilot’s death. On March 13, the jury found Alabama-based Continental Motors Inc. was 100% responsible for the December 2012 plane crash at North Palm Beach County Airport […]
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY 3:06 p.m. EDT April 18, 2016 A British Airways plane’s collision with a drone on its approach to Heathrow airport renewed calls for stricter regulation as pilots report a growing number of sightings and near misses with the popular remote-controlled craft. “This is a real issue,” Steve Marks, an aviation lawyer in Miami. “This is a warning […]
By Linda Chiem Law360 (April 16, 2019, 5:07 PM EDT) — Twenty-five lawsuits against Boeing filed by the families of victims of October’s Lion Air crash in Indonesia were consolidated in Illinois federal court Tuesday as the U.S. plane maker faces growing litigation over alleged defects in its 737 MAX jets. U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin issued […]
(CNN) Boeing said for the first time Thursday that an anti-stall system on its 737 Max model had played a role in two recent plane crashes, an acknowledgment that will heighten the scrutiny the company is facing as it works to return its signature aircraft — currently grounded by aviation regulators around the globe — […]
