A federal appeals court has dismissed a class-action lawsuit accusing The Boeing Company and Southwest Airlines of deceiving passengers by covering up the dangers of the Boeing 737 MAX.
On Tuesday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans rejected the 2019 lawsuit in a 3–0 decision citing the plaintiff’s failure to prove plausible harm or injury, physically or financially (pdf). The case was remanded to the lower court “with instructions to dismiss.”
“In sum, plaintiffs have not plausibly alleged any concrete injury,” Judge Andrew S. Oldham wrote in the opinion. “They concededly have suffered no physical harm. They have offered no plausible theory of economic harm.”…