Boeing asks Delaware court to throw out shareholders’ lawsuit over the safety of 737 MAX

Boeing Co asked a Delaware court to throw out a shareholders’ lawsuit over the safety of its 737 MAX, saying the board engaged in “robust and well-established” oversight of the design and certification of the plane.

In an amended complaint unsealed in February, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who heads the state pension fund, and other investors argued that Boeing’s board breached its fiduciary duties and acted with gross negligence by failing “to monitor the safety of Boeing’s 737 MAX airplanes.”