Boeing Crash Victims’ Families Lose Bid to Block DOJ Deal (2)

Families of people killed in two Boeing 737 Max crashes lost their bid to reopen or reject a controversial agreement the aircraft manufacturer struck with federal prosecutors in 2021.

A federal judge in Texas late Thursday declined to revisit Boeing Co.’s 2021 deferred-prosecution agreement, saying he lacked the authority to order a “substantive review and disapproval or modification” of the deal, which shields the company from fraud charges so long as it meets certain conditions.

“The court has no occasion to address whether the DPA is in fact grossly incommensurate with Boeing’s egregious criminal conduct,” US District Judge Reed ...