OHIO — Ohio is co-leading a class-action lawsuit against Boeing, asking the company for accountability over safety and compliance failures.

A Delaware judge appointed two Ohio pension funds — OPERS and STRS — as the co-lead plaintiffs, and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is representing them. Also included in the lawsuit is Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System.

The lawsuit accuses Boeing board members of “breaching their fiduciary duties by failing to properly oversee the company.”

Along with the board members, it also includes former Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun for failing to implement safety measures after whistleblower concerns came to light.

The lawsuit said safety and compliance failures lead to the incidents in the past, including one during January 2024, which is when Alaska Airlines flight 1282 was 16,000 feet in the air when a door plug blew out, which left a giant hole in the fuselage. It was forced to make an emergency landing after takeoff. In April, the parent company of Alaska Airlines received $160 million from Boeing to compensate for losses following the incident.

Yost said the two Ohio pension fundings own more than 800,000 Boeing shares, which are worth around $139 million.