07/16/2024

The Boeing Plea Deal

U.S. judge sets quick schedule to consider family objections

A U.S. judge on Monday set a fast schedule to consider the objections of relatives of those killed in two fatal 737 MAX crashes to the Justice Department's plea deal with Boeing.

The planemaker on July 7 agreed in principle to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and pay a fine of $243.6 million. U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Texas said after the Justice Department files the plea agreement, relatives of those killed will have a week to file objections and then the government and Boeing will have two weeks to respond. The families will then have five days to file a response.

The deal is a "slap on the wrist," Erin Applebaum, a lawyer at Kreindler & Kreindler LLP who represents some of the victims' relatives, said last week.

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