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Boeing Company

Aircraft Toxin Exposure

Date: 06/30/2009 (Date of Filing)

Misconduct Type: Health

Enforcement Agency: Non-Governmental

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: Undisclosed

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: Terry Williams, a former American Airlines flight attendant, sued Boeing and its McDonnell Douglas subsidiary claiming she was exposed to hazardous fumes from the air delivery system used on Boeing commercial aircraft. (McDonnell Douglas, which built the aircraft in question, merged with Boeing in 1997.) Williams claimed she was injured by a sudden, acute exposure to a hazardous additive to lubricant used in the engines. In October 2011, the parties reached a confidential settlement.