Boeing Will Pay $72.5 Million to Settle Sex-Discrimination Suit Associated Press November 12, 2005 6:13 p.m. SEATTLE -- Boeing Co. has agreed to pay $72.5 million to thousands of women to settle a class-action action sex-discrimination lawsuit, according to documents filed Thursday in U.S. District Court. The pay out is the maximum allowed under a settlement agreement that won preliminary approval from a federal judge last year, The Seattle Times reported. As part of the deal, Boeing admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to change its hiring, pay, promotion practices and how it investigates employee complaints. "We've moved ahead on numerous...