Boeing to Provide Some Privileged Documents in 737 Max Suit (1)

Boeing Co. must hand over dozens of privileged documents to plaintiffs’ counsel in a consumer class action alleging it colluded with Southwest Airlines to cover up defects in 737 Max 8 airplanes, after the Eastern District of Texas denied the aircraft maker’s motion for immediate appeal of the order.

A stay and immediate appeal of the order is unwarranted because Boeing is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its argument, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled.

Boeing’s challenge lacks merit because the court followed Fifth Circuit law regarding the crime-fraud exception “to the letter ...