Lawson v. Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.

  1. October 19, 2021

    Spirit Aero's Retired CEO Wins $45M In Benefits Bench Trial

    Spirit AeroSystems Inc. must pay its former CEO $44.8 million for wrongly voiding his retirement package when he joined a proxy battle against aircraft materials supplier Arconic Inc., a Kansas federal judge ruled Tuesday after a bench trial.

  2. October 09, 2019

    Spirit Aero's Ex-CEO Must Reveal Docs In $50M Benefits Row

    A Kansas federal judge has ordered Spirit AeroSystems' former president and CEO to produce various documents he asserts are privileged in his suit accusing Spirit of unlawfully withholding $50 million in retirement benefits over his alleged violation of a noncompete agreement.

  3. August 21, 2018

    Spirit Aero Can't Dodge Most Of Ex-Exec's $50M Benefits Suit

    A Kansas federal judge has ruled that Spirit AeroSystems Inc. must face the bulk of its former president and CEO's suit alleging the aerospace manufacturer wrongly withheld $50 million in retirement benefits from him, rejecting the company's claims that his complaint showed he violated a noncompete agreement.

  4. March 30, 2018

    Spirit Aero Hit With $50M Benefits Suit Over Noncompete

    The former president and CEO of aerospace manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems Inc. has hit the company with a suit in Kansas federal court seeking $50 million in retirement benefits he says it wrongly withheld on claims he breached a noncompete agreement, saying the company he was courted — but not picked — to lead was not Spirit's rival.

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