15 new lawsuits filed against UPS, Boeing for deadly Louisville plane crash

Taylor Six and Valarie Honeycutt Spears, Lexington Herald-Leader on May 6, 2026

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fifteen new lawsuits were filed Wednesday in the fiery UPS plane crash that left 14 people dead and 23 injured in Louisville last year.

Businesses, victims and residents all filed lawsuits against UPS in Jefferson Circuit Court for a range of complaints that largely allege negligence against UPS, UPS AIR, General Electric Company and Boeing.

The crash happened on Nov. 4, 2025, when a UPS cargo plane went down during takeoff from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport.

Three of the victims were members of the crew of Flight 2976, which was leaving Louisville bound for Honolulu. At about 5:15 p.m., during takeoff, the left engine of the MD-11 McDonnell Douglas aircraft detached, sending the plane plummeting to the ground, hitting the roof of a UPS Supply Chain Warehouse and other structures in the vicinity.

These 15 new lawsuits are in addition to complaints lodged after the crash for wrongful death and a federal class action suit for businesses affected by the crash.

The new lawsuits represent three victims who died, 95 people who were injured and 11 businesses, according to attorney Masten Childers III, who is representing the plaintiffs in all the new lawsuits.

Federal officials have indicated there were issues with the plane: a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board said there were fatigue cracks and signs of overstress in the lugs that bolted together the aft mount that attached the left pylon to the wing of the plane that crashed in Louisville.

“Through these lawsuits, we hope to expose how financial decisions made by some of the largest corporations in the world directly contributed to this terrible tragedy,” Childers told the Herald-Leader. “We intend to hold these corporations accountable and make sure they are punished to deter similar conduct from occurring in the future.”

Two of the lawsuits filed Wednesday were on behalf of Louisnes “Lou” Fedon and his granddaughter, Kimberly Asa. Both were victims of the crash. Asa was 3 years old at the time.

In a GoFundMe set up to support the Fedon family after the crash, the site noted Fedon and Asa “were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, becoming victims of this catastrophic and unforeseen accident.”

Sherline Fedon filed the lawsuit on behalf of Asa, who survived the initial impact of the crash, and attempted to flee to safety.

Her autopsy indicates she suffered from excessive smoke inhalation from soot in her airway, charring to all of her body surfaces, and heat related fractures to her skull, ribs and arms.

Louisnes Fedon also survived the initial crash, but in attempts to flee with his granddaughter, he suffered “baking of his brain and right lung from the exposure to extreme temperature,” the lawsuit says.

He died of carbon monoxide poisoning, smoke inhalation and thermal injuries, according to the lawsuit.