DOJ, Boeing Respond to 737 Max Settlement Objections 

The Boeing Company and the federal government told a North Texas judge this week to reject concerns raised by the families of victims of 737 Max crashes who oppose a settlement agreement that would end the criminal prosecution of the company. 

The responses were filed July 2, after some families last month urged U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor to deny the motion to dismiss the government’s criminal fraud case against Boeing and appoint a special prosecutor to take over. The government sued Boeing in January 2021 in the wake of two plane crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.