A Chicago federal jury has awarded $49.5 million in damages to the family of Samya Stumo, who died in the second of two deadly Boeing 737 MAX aircraft crashes that occurred within months of each other.
Stumo lost her life in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash in 2019, which followed an earlier 737 MAX incident in 2018. The two accidents happened within a short timeframe and involved the same aircraft model.
The substantial monetary award represents compensation for the family’s loss in what became part of the broader legal fallout from the Boeing 737 MAX crashes that raised serious safety questions about the aircraft.
