Jury orders Boeing to pay $49.5 million to family of 737 MAX crash victim - BERITAJA

Samya Stumo successful an undated handout photograph provided by the Stumo family. Stumo was killed successful the clang of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 successful 2019. Stumo Family/via Getty Images

Stumo Family/via Getty Images

A national assemblage successful Chicago awarded $49.5 cardinal Wednesday to the family of a young female who was killed erstwhile a Boeing 737 MAX pitchy crashed successful Ethiopia successful 2019. The verdict resolves 1 of the past remaining cases stemming from two deadly crashes that killed a total of 346 people and happened wrong months of each other.

Samya Stumo was 24 years aged erstwhile she died successful the 2nd 737 MAX crash.

"Our girl sewage connected the level wholly trusting," her mother, Nadia Milleron, told BERITAJA successful 2019. "She was going connected her first duty successful East Africa for an NGO which useful connected healthcare. And she ne'er dreamed that location would beryllium immoderate problem pinch the level itself, and location was a immense problem."

Boeing had already admitted work for the crash, truthful the proceedings was only about really overmuch the institution should salary successful compensatory damages.

Boeing reached an agreement pinch the Justice Department to debar criminal prosecution. The institution besides agreed to confidential settlements successful dozens of lawsuits brought by family members of the clang victims. But a fewer cases person gone to trial.

Nadia Milleron, whose girl Samya Stumo died successful the Boeing 737 MAX clang successful 2019, speaks during a memorial protestation successful beforehand of Boeing's offices successful Arlington, Virginia successful 2023. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

"We are gratified for the opportunity to effort the compensatory damages case," said attorneys Shanin Specter and Elizabeth Crawford of the rule patient Kline & Specter, who are representing Stumo's estate.

The assemblage awarded the family $21 cardinal for Stumo's acquisition connected the fatal flight, $16.5 cardinal for the family's nonaccomplishment of her companionship and $12 cardinal for the family's grief, the lawyers said successful a statement. They besides indicated they will prosecute punitive damages against Boeing executives and the company's suppliers connected entreaty aft those claims were dismissed.

In November, a abstracted assemblage awarded much than $28 cardinal successful damages to the family of Shikha Garg, a United Nations biology worker who was besides killed successful the 2019 crash.

"We are profoundly sorry to each who mislaid loved ones connected Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302," Boeing said successful a statement. "While we person resolved about each of these claims done settlements, families are entitled to prosecute their claims done the tribunal process, and we respect their correct to do so."

Since those 2 crashes, Samya Stumo's family has joined pinch the families of dozens of different victims successful pushing to clasp Boeing and national regulators accountable for their mistakes.

"She was light. She was beautiful. She was intellectual. She had awesome judgment. She was a leader. She was ever bringing america together," her father, Michael Stumo, told BERITAJA successful 2019. "We're traumatized. We don't want to beryllium doing this. But we want to debar a 3rd crash."