Jury awards $49.5 million to Boeing 737 MAX crash victim's family
Summary
A jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samya Stumo, who died in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash involving a Boeing 737 MAX. Boeing has settled most lawsuits from the crashes but this case went to trial after no prior agreement was reached.Key Facts
- Samya Stumo, age 24, died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people.
- The jury took about two hours to decide on $49.5 million in damages for Stumo's family.
- Boeing 737 MAX planes were grounded for nearly two years after two deadly crashes.
- The crashes were the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 disasters.
- Boeing paid over $1.1 billion in fines and $445 million to victims’ families to settle criminal fraud charges.
- The company agreed to improve safety and quality controls to avoid criminal prosecution.
- This lawsuit went to court because Stumo’s family did not settle with Boeing before the trial.
- Stumo was traveling to Kenya for a public health assignment when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
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