In an internal ethics complaint, Boeing engineer Curtis Ewbank says that during the development of the 737 MAX the plan maker rejected a safety system that might have prevented the fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia in order to cut costs save time. Those two crashes claimed the lives of 346 people. According to the […]
Why Airplane Crash Victims Should Seek Legal Help Before Settling
We’d like to think the main purpose of an insurance company is to protect us financially in a time of need: after a car accident, after a break-in at our home, after a flood destroys our property, when we need surgery, and when someone we love dies due to someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing. The […]
Lawsuits Sure to Come Following Second Boeing Crash
Over 35 lawsuits have been filed against Boeing since the Lion Air crash on October 29, 2018 in Indonesia, and now more are sure to come following the horrifying crash on March 10 of yet another Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner, this time in Ethiopia killing everyone on board. In addition to the families of […]
Lawsuit Blames Boeing for Air Disaster
Chicago-based airplane manufacturer Boeing has been blamed for the crash of a Lion Air flight in the Java Sea that killed all 189 people aboard on October 29, 2018. A wrongful death lawsuit, in the name of deceased passenger, Sudibyo Onggo Wardoyo, 40, of Jakarta, Indonesia, was filed in Cook County on December 24, 2018 on […]
Families File First Lawsuit in Cuban Plane Crash
On March 28, 2017, a plane flying from Havana, Cuba, to Holguín, a city in eastern Cuba, crashed, and 112 people, including the entire crew, perished. There was one single survivor: a 19-year-old named Mailén Díaz Almaguer. Global Air, a Mexican company, had leased the Boeing 737-200 to Cubana de Aviación, the Cuban airline operating […]