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Boeing may not have pulled the trigger, but Boeing’s conduct was the clear cause, and the clear foreseeable cause, of John’s death,” lawsuit filed by family of whistleblower John Barnett

The family of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, who died by suicide last year, filed a wrongful death lawsuit accusing the aircraft giant of retaliating against employees.

The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say killed himself after lawyers questioned him for days about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects sued the airplane maker Thursday.