November 14, 2022
The heir of a man killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max crash is seeking an Illinois federal court's approval to settle allegations of negligence and strict product liability for an undisclosed amount, dropping claims that the aircraft was defective and negligently designed.
September 14, 2022
The representative of a man killed in the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash is seeking a judge's approval to settle claims that the Boeing aircraft was defective and negligently designed or built.
June 16, 2022
An Illinois federal judge set two trial dates Thursday to help loosen what he called a clear "logjam" of more than a hundred cases stemming from the crash of Ethiopian Air Flight 302, though Boeing and the victims' families disagreed over the fairest case-picking methodology.
November 10, 2021
Boeing on Wednesday accepted liability for the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash that killed 157 people, reaching a deal that shields the American aerospace giant from punitive damages while clearing the way for families spearheading negligence and wrongful death suits in Illinois federal court to collect compensatory damages.
October 22, 2021
A magistrate judge insisted in Illinois federal court that he doesn't need to step aside from a lawsuit against Boeing Co. over the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash even though his individual retirement account held Boeing shares.
February 24, 2021
A committee of attorneys representing plaintiffs suing Boeing Co. in relation to the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash urged an Illinois federal judge on Tuesday to sanction two lawyers for actively soliciting the clients of other attorneys working on the case.
September 17, 2019
An Illinois attorney who has represented victims of most major commercial airline crashes in the last 40 years was appointed Tuesday to lead a consolidated lawsuit seeking to hold the Boeing Co. liable for the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash.
July 08, 2019
The Boeing Co. responded Monday to litigation over the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people in March, denying claims that it rushed its 737 Max 8 aircraft to market despite known faults with its automated flight-control system.
July 03, 2019
For the rest of 2019, product liability attorneys will be closely following Oklahoma's case alleging Johnson & Johnson fueled the opioid epidemic and the litigation Boeing is facing after two fatal crashes involving its 737 Max 8 aircraft. Here, Law360 looks at those and other cases to watch in the second half of 2019.
June 27, 2019
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday said discovery will go forward in litigation brought by families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash involving a Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, according to an attorney for the families.