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Civil Litigation

Apr. 30, 2019

Cotchett firm sues Boeing, FAA over plane crash

Families of people killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last month accused the Boeing Company of intentionally circumventing critical safety measures in a “decision to put profits over safety,” and said the Federal Aviation Administration allowed it, in a series of new lawsuits filed Monday by a Burlingame-based law firm.

Cotchett firm sues Boeing, FAA over plane crash
Frank M. Pitre of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP

Families of people killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last month accused the Boeing Co. of intentionally circumventing critical safety measures in a "decision to put profits over safety," while claiming the Federal Aviation Administration allowed it, in a series of lawsuits filed Monday by a Burlingame-based law firm.

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