Twenty-five lawsuits filed against Boeing by the families of the Lion Air Flight 610 victims were consolidated in Illinois federal court, joining six previous cases under U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin. The consolidated lawsuits allege that Boeing negligently designed and manufactured the “defective” 737 MAX 8 jets, specifically citing the plane’s anti-stall system. Victims’ counsel, including Steven C. Marks of Podhurst Orseck PA, agreed to the consolidation for “the most efficient and prudent methods” for liability purposes and common discovery, as courts routinely consolidate lawsuits stemming from major aviation accidents. The victims’ families and aviation investigators have implicated the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS)—the same system linked to the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash—as a likely contributor to the disaster that killed 189 people.
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Originally published by Linda Chiem | Apr 16, 2019 | Law360
