
Boeing 'threatened to break' whistleblower who died by suicide: Lawsuit
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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.
"Boeing had threatened to break John and break him it did." Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
John Barnett shot himself in the head in his truck outside a South Carolina hotel in March 2024 after he gave deposition testimony in Charleston regarding his whistleblower complaint.
The lawsuit accuses Boeing of fostering a "deep rooted culture of concealing defects and safety violations, and of harassing, denigrating, and retaliating against employees who try to follow the law, FAA's rules and regulations, and Boeing's own purported processes and procedures."