November 19, 2021
A Texas federal judge issued a limited stay Friday in litigation alleging Boeing and Southwest colluded to bolster public confidence in faulty 737 Max 8 jets and inflate ticket prices as the companies pursue an immediate Fifth Circuit appeal challenging a recent order certifying classes potentially totaling millions of customers.
October 06, 2021
Boeing and Southwest Airlines have asked a Texas federal judge to pause litigation alleging they colluded to bolster public confidence in faulty 737 Max 8 jets and inflate ticket prices, saying they're pursuing a Fifth Circuit appeal challenging a recent order certifying potentially millions of customers.
September 03, 2021
A Texas federal judge on Friday certified four classes of passengers accusing Southwest Airlines of colluding with Boeing to shore up public confidence in faulty 737 Max 8 jets and inflate ticket prices, clearing a path for thousands of customers to collectively go to trial over potential damages.
July 30, 2021
The Fifth Circuit said that Boeing cannot be forced to hand over certain documents that the aerospace giant claimed were protected by attorney-client privilege in a proposed class action accusing Boeing of colluding with Southwest Airlines to keep unsafe 737 Max 8 jets in the air.
April 01, 2021
Southwest Airlines said it's made every best effort to produce all of its chief operating officer's text messages related to the Boeing 737 Max jets under a Texas federal court order, but indicated that some of the texts were purged months before this case was even filed.
March 19, 2021
A Texas federal judge has denied Boeing's bid to appeal his order that the aerospace company hand over hundreds of documents in a proposed class action accusing it and Southwest Airlines of keeping unsafe 737 Max 8 jets in the air, ruling against Boeing's argument that the files are protected by attorney-client privilege.
March 16, 2021
Boeing is seeking permission to appeal to the Fifth Circuit a decision forcing it to hand over hundreds of documents it claims are protected by attorney-client privilege in a proposed class action accusing it and Southwest Airlines of colluding to keep unsafe 737 Max 8 jets in the air.
March 12, 2021
Southwest Airlines' chief operating officer must produce texts and instant message exchanges he had with Boeing employees, regulators and others concerning the 737 Max 8 jets in a Texas racketeering case alleging Southwest and Boeing colluded to shore up public confidence in faulty jets.
January 27, 2021
Boeing doesn't have any privilege under international aviation standards or National Transportation Safety Board regulations to withhold information on the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crashes, a Texas federal judge ruled Wednesday, upending Boeing's efforts to keep accident information tightly under wraps in civil litigation.
January 06, 2021
Boeing 737 Max 8 passengers urged a Texas federal judge in a heavily redacted motion Wednesday to certify two classes each composed of millions of flyers in their racketeering suit accusing Southwest Airlines and Boeing of scheming to inflate ticket prices for flights on unsafe Boeing jets.