US EditionJury awards $28M to family of a United Nations consultant killed in Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia
The jury's award of $35.8 million to the family includes $10 million each for grief and pain, marking the first civil trial verdict after the Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash.
- A federal court jury awarded over $28 million to the family of a woman who died in the March 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia, marking the first civil trial related to the disaster that killed 157 people.
- Boeing has accepted responsibility for the crash and negotiated confidential settlements in most wrongful death lawsuits following the incident.
- At trial, attorney Specter presented the victim as a young, accomplished woman who was recently married, highlighting her loss to the jury.
- The family expressed satisfaction with the jury's decision, stating, 'We happily accept the verdict.
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The jury of the trial against the aeronautical manufacturer Boeing, which has been held since November 3 in a federal civil court in Chicago, Illinois, has awarded Wednesday $28.45 million in compensation to the...
Boeing Ordered to Pay More Than $28 Million to Family of 737 MAX Crash Victim
A federal court jury in Chicago has awarded more than $28 million to the relatives of a United Nations environmental specialist who died in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jetliner in Ethiopia. The verdict, in favor of the family of Shikha Garg, was the first civil trial stemming from the March 2019 disaster that killed all 157 people on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. With 26 percent interest added to the full verdict amount, Garg’s fam…
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ledauphine.comThis was the first civil trial against the American aircraftman after this crash and the one in October 2018 of a 737 MAX 8 of the Indonesian company Lion Air.
UN employee Shikha Garg died more than six years ago in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX in Ethiopia. A U.S. jury has now awarded her family more than 28 million dollars in compensation.
Boeing admitted in 2019 that flight control software it installed on its 737 MAX aircraft contributed to the tragedy.
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