Boeing, Southwest Escape Class Suit Over 737 Max Safety Defects

Boeing Co. and Southwest Airlines won’t have to face a class action lawsuit alleging they concealed a serious safety defect in the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

The plaintiffs couldn’t plausibly allege that they suffered any physical or economic injury from the alleged fraud carried out by Boeing and Southwest, Judge Andrew S. Oldham of the US Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit said Monday.

Damonie Earl, Timothy Blakely, and the other plaintiffs alleged in a lawsuit filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act that Boeing and Southwest concealed safety defects in the certification and marketing of the ...