Civil Litigation,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nov. 4, 2019
9th Circuit denies Boeing’s effort to keep fire suit in federal court
The Boeing Company lost its second bid to keep a small group of plaintiffs’ lawsuit linked to the Woolsey Fire in federal court.
Attorneys representing a small group of plaintiffs suing the Boeing Co. over the Woolsey fire are advising future claimants not to tie any claims to contamination and radioactive material at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory near Simi Valley, where the blaze ignited Nov. 8, 2018.
Boeing was able to use those claims to retain federal jurisdiction over wildfire litigation against it as there are special federal statutes that govern r...
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