Boeing has come under fire for a recent court filing in which its attorneys claimed the victims of two 737 Max crashes died painlessly because the plane had crashed into the ground so fast that their brains didn’t have time to process pain signals. The filing, seen by The Wall Street Journal, also argues that Illinois laws prohibit evidence of passengers’ pre-impact pain and suffering from being admitted to support damages claims. Boeing hired an expert witness who said that while passengers undoubtedly perceived the flight as scary, they held on to hope and did not expect the worst. Plaintiffs in the case argued that the passengers suffered “horrific emotional distress, pain and suffering, and physical impact/injury while they endured extreme G-forces, braced for impact, knew the airplane was malfunctioning, and ultimately plummeted nose-down to the ground at terrifying speed.”