U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes set a jury trial for April 2027 to determine whether any of the defendants are liable as plaintiffs continue to file wrongful-death claims against American Airlines and the federal government following a deadly midair crash between a commercial jet and U.

A deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky stemmed from corporate choices that favored profits over safety, according to a lawyer who filed two wrongful death lawsuits Wednesday, which allege the comp...