Inside the NTSB Hearing: Boeing’s 737-MAX Safety Failures and Accountability Crisis

Daniel Laurence, aviation attorney on the Stritmatter 1282 lawsuit team, attended the August 6th and 7th NTSB hearings in Washington, DC. Here are his key takeaways from the proceedings.

Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board held a two-day, 20-hour long investigation hearing at its...

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Celebrating Excellence: Thirteen Stritmatter Attorneys Selected to the 2024 Washington Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List

Congratulations Super Lawyers Honorees

We are thrilled to announce that thirteen of our outstanding attorneys have been selected to the prestigious 2024 Washington Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list! This accolade is a testament to their dedication, expertise, and unwavering commitment to justice.

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Boeing calls its 2015 safety press release “puffery” in an attempt to avoid more fraud charges.

Just days before Boeing struck a plea deal on a federal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners, it lashed out against fraud charges in the case of Berry et al v. Boeing et al brought by 37 passengers on flight 1282 who were injured when the 737...

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Severe Turbulence on Singapore Airlines: What Injured Passengers Need to Know

The reported severe turbulence incident on Singapore Airlines that occurred over Malaysia on a flight from London to Singapore and resulted in a death and multiple serious injuries to 71 passengers is a cautionary tale for passengers and airlines alike. Compensation for those physically injured may be available, particularly by such events...

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37 Passengers of Alaska Flight 1282 Allege Boeing Defrauded Regulators and the Public, Seek Punitive Damages

37 passengers of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 are seeking to add claims to a lawsuit involving the door plug that blew out mid-flight on January 5, 2024.  The proposed complaint alleges that Boeing defrauded the FAA, the Department of Justice, and the public with false promises to overhaul the company’s safety culture...

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Boeing Pays $160M to Alaska Airlines, Still Denies Responsibility to Traumatized Passengers

Seattle, WA - Today it was revealed in a regulatory filing that Boeing has paid Alaska Airlines $160 million as “initial compensation” for damage done to the airline’s business, by the January 5, 2024 in-flight door plug blowout that terrorized all aboard the 737-MAX 9 airliner. Boeing apparently will pay the airline...

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Boeing and Alaska Airlines Deny Legal Responsibility to Passengers of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282

The Boeing Company and Alaska Airlines filed answers in federal court on March 11, 2024, which formally admit the NTSB found door plug bolts essential to safe flight were missing. Alaska Airlines admits that passengers at the time of the incident “reported experiencing varying levels of physical and emotional distress” from the...

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Passengers of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 File Class Action Lawsuit Against Boeing

Seattle, WA – On January 11th 2023, Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore (The Stritmatter Firm) filed a class-action lawsuit against The Boeing Company on behalf of the passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, operated with a Boeing 737-MAX 9. On January 5, 2024, the flight experienced a critical failure when the aircraft's left-side door...

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