Wash. Federal Judge:  Contract Clause Doesn’t Bar Saturn V Rocket Cleanup Claims

Mealey's (April 27, 2023, 10:49 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A hold-harmless provision within a contract between an aviation company that worked on the Saturn V Rocket program and NASA does not bar the United States’ Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act claims brought against Boeing, which took on the contractor’s liabilities, for environmental cleanup of a site where testing of the rocket occurred, a Washington federal judge found in denying Boeing’s motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety....