April 16, 2018
Bankrupt Alabama Aircraft Industries moved Friday to force Boeing to pay up on a $365,000 destruction of evidence sanction, just as an Alabama federal court prepares to rule on the bitter, $100 million suit alleging the aerospace giant conspired to put AAI out of business.
November 14, 2017
Boeing Co. and bankrupt Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc., which are on opposite sides of a dispute over a $1.2 billion U.S. Air Force contract, each urged an Alabama federal judge Monday to rule in their favor on several claims in the long-running lawsuit and to deny their opponent the same.
October 25, 2017
A special master on Wednesday recommended an Alabama federal judge reject Boeing Co.'s challenge to bankrupt Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc.'s claims of privilege regarding documents sought in a long-running dispute over a $1.2 billion U.S. Air Force contract.
May 31, 2017
An Alabama federal judge on Wednesday denied bankrupt Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc.’s bid to nix Boeing’s challenges to AAI's claims of privilege regarding documents sought in a long-running dispute over a $1.2 billion U.S. Air Force contract, citing a special master’s conclusion that the request fails to pass muster.
May 17, 2017
Bankrupt Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc. asked an Alabama federal judge on Wednesday to protect its privileged documents held by a former investor in a long-running dispute with Boeing over a $1.2 billion U.S. Air Force contract, despite a special master's recommendation that the documents be turned over.
April 04, 2017
An Alabama federal judge on Monday denied Boeing's bid to appeal a sanctions order over its destruction of documents related to a long-running dispute with defunct Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc. over a $1.2 billion U.S. Air Force contract, finding the ruling lacks rare or exceptional circumstances.
March 10, 2017
An Alabama federal judge on Thursday granted a sanctions bid against Boeing, invoking the Joni Mitchell song "Big Yellow Taxi" in an order finding the company intentionally destroyed documents related to its long-running dispute with defunct Alabama Aircraft Industries over a $1.2 billion U.S. Air Force contract.
November 23, 2016
An Alabama federal judge on Tuesday denied bankrupt Alabama Aircraft Industries' bid to compel Boeing to produce discovery documents in a dispute over a $1.2 billion U.S. Air Force maintenance contract, adopting a special master's finding that Boeing had confirmed it didn't have the documents.
October 25, 2016
Boeing claimed Monday it had no responsibility to preserve documents relating to Alabama Aircraft Industries' suit over a $1.2 billion U.S. Air Force maintenance contract in a response to the bankrupt company's request for sanctions from an Alabama federal judge.
October 11, 2016
Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc. urged an Alabama federal judge on Friday to overrule a recommendation that the bankrupt company produce certain documents in its suit against Boeing over a nearly $1.2 billion U.S. Air Force contract, arguing that the communications at issue are irrelevant to the dispute.