Jury awards $49.5M to the family of a woman killed in 2019 Boeing Max crash
The award resolves one of the last wrongful-death cases tied to the 737 MAX disaster, which killed 157 people in Ethiopia.
- On Wednesday, a Chicago jury awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samya Rose Stumo, a 24-year-old American who died in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash.
- Faulty software on the MAX forced aircraft nose down in both crashes, including Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which together claimed 346 lives; Boeing acknowledged the anti-stall system's involvement.
- Attorney Shanin Specter argued Boeing was "negligent" and the aircraft "unsafe," while Boeing attorney Dan Webb stated the company's "only disagreement" with the Stumo family concerned the compensation amount.
- Most families settled claims through a 2021 agreement where Boeing paid more than $1.1 billion in fines and $445 million in compensation, allowing the company to avoid criminal prosecution by the Justice Department.
- The next trial, scheduled for August 3, will address the death of Michael Ryan of Ireland, continuing litigation for the remaining families in one of the last cases pending against Boeing.
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Boeing was ordered by a court to pay $49.5 million in compensation to the family of Samya Stumo, a 24-year-old American woman killed in the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines flight in 2019.
Boeing Ordered to Pay $49.5 Million to Family of American Killed in 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Crash
A federal jury on Wednesday ordered Boeing to pay $49.5 million over the death of an American on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, resolving one of the last lawsuits from a pair of fatal crashes that killed 346 people. The Chicago jury awarded the family of 24-year-old Samya Stumo $16.5 million for their loss of companionship, $12 million for their grief, and $21 million for her experience on the plane. Because Boeing had already acknowledged respo…
Jury awards $49.5M to family of a WMass native killed in 2019 Boeing Max crash
A federal jury has awarded $49.5 million to the family of a 24-year-old Western Massachusetts native killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia while traveling to her first major assignment.
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