EARL v. BOEING CO.

No. 21-40720.

53 F.4th 897 (2022)

Damonie EARL, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Linda Rugg, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Alesa Beck, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Timothy Blakey, Jr.; Stephanie Blakey; Marisa Thompson, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Muhammad Muddasir Khan; John Rogers, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Valerie Mortz-Rogers, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; James LaMorte; Brett Noble, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Ruben Castro, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Fritz Ringling, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Litaun Lewis, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Lance Hogue, Jr., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The BOEING COMPANY; Southwest Airlines Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED November 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yavar Bathaee , Bathaee Dunne, L.L.P., New York, NY, Elizabeth L. DeRieux , Capshaw DeRieux, L.L.P., Gladewater, TX, Gregory Scott Dovel , Simon Carlo Franzini , Dovel & Luner, L.L.P., Santa Monica, CA, Brian J. Dunne , Edward Maxwell Grauman , Bathaee Dunne, L.L.P., Austin, TX, John Jeffrey Eichmann , Eichmann, A Professional Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Damonie Earl, Alesa Beck, Marisa Thompson, John Rogers, Valerie Mortz-Rogers, Brett Noble, Ruben Castro, Fritz Ringling, Lance Hogue, Jr.

Yavar Bathaee , Bathaee Dunne, L.L.P., New York, NY, Elizabeth L. DeRieux , Capshaw DeRieux, L.L.P., Gladewater, TX, Brian J. Dunne , Edward Maxwell Grauman , Bathaee Dunne, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Linda Rugg, Timothy Blakey, Jr., Stephanie Blakey, Muhammad Muddasir Khan, James LaMorte.

Brian David Schmalzbach , Gregory DuBoff , McGuireWoods, L.L.P., Richmond, VA, Thomas Miles Farrell , Attorney, McGuireWoods, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Benjamin L. Hatch , McGuireWoods, L.L.P., Norfolk, VA, Benjamin Timothy Hayes , William M. Jay , Jaime Santos , Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant Boeing Company.

Jonathan S. Franklin , Peter B. Siegal , Norton Rose Fulbright US, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Jason K. Fagelman, Esq. , James Vincent Leito , Michael Alan Swartzendruber , Philip Tarpley , Norton Rose Fulbright US, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Geraldine Wileen Young , Norton Rose Fulbright US, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant Southwest Airlines Company.

Cory L. Andrews , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.

Christopher Chorba , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers.

Jeffrey A. Cohen, Esq. , Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, FL, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Incorporated.

Philip S. Goldberg , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae International Association of Defense Counsel.

Scott A. Keller , Lehotsky Keller, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Aaron Michael Streett , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Airlines for America.

Jeffrey B. Dubner , Democracy Forward Foundation, Washington, DC, Ellen L. Noble , Public Justice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Public Justice & National Consumer Law Center.

Before Smith, Duncan, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiffs in this class-action lawsuit allege that Boeing and Southwest Airlines defrauded them by, among other things, concealing a serious safety defect in the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The district court certified four classes encompassing those who purchased or reimbursed approximately 200 million airline...

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