Jury awards potential damages of $250 million in trade secrets lawsuit against Boeing

A jury found Boeing guilty of stealing trade secrets from a Redmond-based aerospace startup.

SEATTLE — A jury has found that Boeing stole trade secrets of a small aerospace startup in Redmond that planned to build a hybrid-electric aircraft.

The jury awarded Zunum Aero, Inc. nearly $90 million in damages in a verdict that a Seattle federal judge could triple to around $250 million. A lawyer for the plaintiff said the exact damages were still being determined.

The verdict ends a David vs. Goliath lawsuit filed in 2020 by two MIT graduates who founded Zunum. The lawsuit said Boeing sought to invest in Zunum’s

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