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Boeing, Southwest Airlines Sued for Alleged Collusion Over 737 MAX 8
Southwest Airlines Co. and The Boeing Co. were hit with a lawsuit by Southwest customers who say the companies colluded to hide a fatal design defect in Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The complaint, filed July 11 in a federal court in Texas under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, alleges Southwest obtained profits through a collusive relationship with Boeing, its sole airplane supplier. (news.bloomberglaw.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The attorneys must need to buy a new Bentley or the like. They are always looking for a sleezy way to make a dime (of coarse with public safety in mind, yea right) Albeit, Boeing management are more interested in the bottom line than listening to their own engineers. Their CEO ceased being a real engineer when he put profits ahead of safety.
Too big to fail nobody to jail!
Note the venue carefully: Federal Court for the EASTERN District of Texas - not NORTHERN District, where Southwest's Dallas headquarters are located.
The Eastern District used to be notorious for inviting "patent troll" litigation
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-05-25/the-texas-town-that-patent-trolls-built-j34rlmjc
https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/patently-unfair/
and still has a reputation as a friendly venue for dubious cases
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/us/politics/texas-judge-obamacare.html
The Eastern District used to be notorious for inviting "patent troll" litigation
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-05-25/the-texas-town-that-patent-trolls-built-j34rlmjc
https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/patently-unfair/
and still has a reputation as a friendly venue for dubious cases
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/us/politics/texas-judge-obamacare.html
It's a sad commentary on our society to believe people and/or organizations would knowingly/intentionally put human lives at risk merely for a profit motive.
The FAA, Southwest Airlines and Boeing are not in business to put people's lives in danger, that's a shameful and absurd accusation whether you call it "collusion" or not. Good hardworking Americans work for these entities and fly on these aircraft. What is the incentive for a company not to have every employee's safety their number one goal and concern at all times.
This lawsuit should be dismissed by the court and the attorneys sued for wasting the courts time with a frivolous lawsuit.
The FAA, Southwest Airlines and Boeing are not in business to put people's lives in danger, that's a shameful and absurd accusation whether you call it "collusion" or not. Good hardworking Americans work for these entities and fly on these aircraft. What is the incentive for a company not to have every employee's safety their number one goal and concern at all times.
This lawsuit should be dismissed by the court and the attorneys sued for wasting the courts time with a frivolous lawsuit.
Is Panda Express an airline?
Well knock me down and blow me. Who would have thought that. Just when I thought the industry was honest.
Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht, the litigation boutique running the suit, is relatively new but very ambitious and working hard at rapid expansion. They style themselves as the next generation of litigation excellence. The firm is also gaining experience in defense. Donald Lewis, a former partner is claiming founder and managing partner John Pierce built the 2-year-old firm on “smoke and mirrors,” duping incoming partners about its prospects and misusing money from litigation funder Pravati Capital to prop up the firm and to cover Pierce’s own improper expenses. As evidence of mismanagement, Lewis notes that name partner Jim Bainbridge was one of several defendants who settled with the Federal Trade Commission in 1996 for a telemarketing scheme.