UPDATE SW Airlines and Boeing Named in Suit

from WDIV Detroit TV 4

Boeing and Southwest Airlines are named in a suit filed by the family of a 6-year-old boy killed when a Southwest jet skidded off a Chicago Midway Airport runway during a snowstorm in December.

The boy's family is claiming Southwest was negligent and that the Boeing jet had a problem with the thrust reversers used to slow planes after landings.

The lawsuit filed on behalf of the parents of Joshua Woods seeks damages in excess of $50,000.

The lawsuit alleges that Southwest was negligent in landing at Midway International Airport during a snowstorm last December.

The thrust reversers have been at the center of the investigation of the crash.