In re: Lion Air Flight JT 610 Crash

  1. February 16, 2024

    Boeing And Lion Air Families Spar In 7th Circ. Jury Trial Bid

    The Seventh Circuit on Friday considered whether a more than century-old law governing fatal accidents occurring over the high seas allows the two remaining victims' estates suing Boeing over the Lion Air 737 Max crash to demand a jury trial.

  2. June 05, 2023

    Atty Hounded Girardi Keese Victim For Money, Judge Told

    An Egyptian attorney linked to Girardi Keese has recently sent troubling messages demanding money from a family whose plane-crash settlement was looted by the scandal-plagued firm, the victims' former counsel at Edelson PC told a Chicago federal judge Monday.

  3. May 25, 2023

    Remaining Lion Air Families Can Ask 7th Circ. For Boeing Trial

    An Illinois federal judge said Thursday that the remaining victims' estates suing Boeing over the 2018 Lion Air 737 Max crash can immediately ask the Seventh Circuit to consider whether Boeing must face a jury trial under the Death on the High Seas Act, rather than a bench trial.

  4. December 19, 2022

    Lion Air Captain's 737 Max Case Settles On Eve Of Bench Trial

    Boeing and the widow of the pilot who died in a 2018 Lion Air crash settled their damages dispute days before a Monday bench trial.

  5. November 02, 2022

    'Simply Inexcusable': Ex-Girardi Attys Ripped For Hiding Theft

    Two former Girardi Keese attorneys covered for their boss as he stole money from their clients and lied about it, a Chicago federal judge wrote Wednesday in a scathing opinion that called their behavior "simply inexcusable" and laid out the details for prosecutors and bar regulators.

  6. September 19, 2022

    Families Say Boeing Can't Evade Jury Trial In Lion Air Cases

    Crash victims' families said Boeing should not be allowed to bypass an Illinois federal jury trial and close out the last remaining lawsuits over the deadly 2018 Lion Air accident with a narrowly focused bench trial, saying Boeing must be held fully accountable under other injury claims.

  7. September 06, 2022

    Boeing Presses For Bench Trial In Remaining Lion Air Cases

    Boeing pressed its bid for an Illinois federal court bench trial to close out the last remaining lawsuits from victims' estates over the 2018 Lion Air plane crash, maintaining that the Death on the High Seas Act claims can be swiftly resolved without a jury.

  8. July 21, 2022

    Ill. Judge Says No Need For DOJ Doc Turnover In Lion Air Suit

    A protective order for documents Boeing will produce for two remaining Lion Air Flight 610 crash cases doesn't need to include language allowing the plaintiffs to give prosecutors documents containing evidence of potentially criminal conduct, an Illinois federal judge said Thursday.

  9. July 15, 2022

    Calif. Bar Investigating Ex-Girardi Attys, New Filing Shows

    The State Bar of California wants copies of sealed records as part of a previously undisclosed investigation into two former Girardi Keese lawyers accused of helping the firm steal more than $2 million from settlements meant for widows and orphans of plane crash victims, according to a motion filed Friday in Chicago federal court.

  10. June 30, 2022

    Boeing Requests Bench Trial For 2 Remaining Lion Air Cases

    After failing to reach an agreement in two of the last cases over a 2018 Lion Air plane crash, Boeing asked an Illinois federal court for a bench trial on Thursday under the Death on the High Seas Act to resolve and close the final suits from victims' estates.

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