Boeing ordered to pay more than $28 million to 737 MAX crash victim's family

A assemblage successful national tribunal successful Chicago ordered Boeing connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025) to wage much than $28 cardinal to the household of a United Nations biology idiosyncratic who was killed successful the 2019 clang of a 737 MAX pitchy successful Ethiopia.

The verdict awarded to the household of Shikha Garg is the archetypal successful the dozens of lawsuits filed successful the aftermath of that clang and different successful Indonesia successful 2018, which combined killed 346 people.

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Under a woody betwixt the parties struck connected Wednesday greeting (November 12, 2025), Garg’s household volition person $35.85 cardinal — the afloat verdict magnitude positive 26% involvement — and Boeing volition not appeal, according to attorneys for the family.

In a statement, a Boeing spokeswoman said the institution is profoundly atrocious to each who mislaid loved ones connected the 2 flights. “While we person resolved the immense bulk of these claims done settlements, families are besides entitled to prosecute their claims done damages trials successful tribunal and we respect their close to bash so,” she said.

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Shanin Specter and Elizabeth Crawford, who represented the family, said successful a connection the verdict “provides nationalist accountability for Boeing’s wrongful conduct.” Garg was 32 erstwhile Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya, crashed conscionable a fewer minutes aft takeoff, her lawyers said.

The suit alleged that the 737 MAX level was defectively designed and that Boeing failed to pass passengers and the nationalist astir its dangers. The Ethiopian Airlines formation crashed 5 months aft Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea successful Indonesia. An automated formation power strategy contributed to some crashes.

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“The U.S. planemaker has settled much than 90% of the dozens of civilian lawsuits related to the 2 accidents, paying retired billions of dollars successful compensation done lawsuits, a deferred prosecution statement and different payments,” the institution antecedently told Reuters.

On November 5, Boeing settled 3 lawsuits brought by the families of different victims who died successful the Ethiopian Airlines crash, according to their attorney. The presumption of those settlements were not released.