5th Circuit Denies Rehearing After Dismissing Airline Hidden Defects Class Suit

Mealey's (March 16, 2023, 8:07 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals treated a petition for rehearing en banc as one for a panel rehearing and denied it, leaving in place a November opinion in which the panel reversed certification of four classes and remanded with instructions to dismiss a lawsuit by passengers accusing The Boeing Co. and Southwest Airlines Co. of conspiracy regarding the safety of a new 737 model and resulting in increased ticket prices....