Federal Judge Gives Opening to Families of 737 MAX Crash Victims to Challenge Criminal Settlement
28 Juli 2022 - 3:34AM
Dow Jones News
By Andrew Tangel
A federal judge said families of 737 MAX crash victims may have
standing to challenge the Justice Department's $2.5 billion
criminal settlement with Boeing Co. in the case.
U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ordered an evidentiary hearing
on Aug. 8 in Fort Worth, Texas.
At issue is whether the families are, legally speaking, victims
of the crimes in question and whether prosecutors were required
under federal law to consult them before agreeing to the 2021
settlement with Boeing.
The Justice Department has said it didn't have a legal
obligation to do so.
Boeing declined to comment.
Judge O'Connor, in his order issued Wednesday, said: "If movants
can show that Boeing's conspiracy to defraud the FAA caused the
plane crashes, then they can potentially show that they represent
'person[s] directly and proximately harmed as a result of the
commission of a federal offense.'"
If the families succeed, it isn't clear what that could mean for
Boeing's DOJ settlement.
Write to Andrew Tangel at andrew.tangel@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 27, 2022 21:19 ET (01:19 GMT)
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