DALLAS - Yesterday, the Fifth Court of Appeals reversed a ruling granting Boeing’s plea to the jurisdiction on claims the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association asserted on its on behalf while affirming the dismissal of claims SWAPA brought on the behalf of its members.
WACO – Southwest Airlines is asking a federal court to dismiss, or at the very least transfer, a recent lawsuit claiming Boeing’s 737 Max Jet was unsafe to fly – litigation that is similar to a complaint filed two years ago.
HOUSTON – A motion to compel production of documents was denied earlier this week in a suit accusing Boeing and Southwest Airlines of colluding to cover up fatal defects in an aircraft.
HOUSTON – Several plaintiffs in a class-action suit against Boeing are evidently still retaining attorney John Pierce of Pierce Bainbridge, a law firm whose money troubles with a lawsuit lender have spilled over into the case.
HOUSTON – Pierce Bainbridge’s money troubles with a lawsuit lender is not enough of a reason the other plaintiffs law firms in a RICO suit to fork over their financial records.
SHERMAN – A squabble among former law partners has led a federal judge to allow Hecht Partners to withdraw from a class action brought against The Boeing Company.
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines is facing a class action by stock holders alleging the airline made false public statements about its safety issues and compliance with governmental regulations that caused the market value of their stock to drop.
The following cases categorized as "other injury or damage" cases were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on June 20. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
HOUSTON – A Dallas-based low-cost carrier recently countered a federal lawsuit alleging it allowed a segregated break room to exist at a local airport for years.
HOUSTON – A local woman is suing a Dallas-based airline after an alleged mishap with a wheelchair, according to recent Harris County District Court records.
HOUSTON – A Harris County man alleges in a federal lawsuit that Southwest Airlines subjected him and other black employees to “extreme” race discrimination, claiming the Dallas-based low-cost carrier turned a blind eye to the existence of a segregated break room.
DALLAS – On Feb., 6 a petition was signed by more than 7,000 of the Southwest Airlines flight attendants in the Transport Workers Union Local 556, demanding the recall of 12 of the executive board members over alleged violations of the constitution and bylaws of the Transport Workers Union of America.
We’ve all had those moments when we wish we had thought something through, taken a different course of action, held our tongue instead of speaking, or not hit “send” on that email. Lawyers and judges are no different from everybody—sometimes we speak first and think later, much to our later regret.
