"More than six years after a Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed in Ethiopia, the first civil trial stemming from the disaster that killed all 157 people on board the plane appears poised to move forward. Boeing has settled most of the dozens of wrongful death lawsuits that families of the victims filed against the aircraft maker after the March 2019 crash, but two of the remaining cases are scheduled to open before a federal court jury as soon as Tuesday."
"The trial in Chicago, where Boeing used to have its headquarters, isn't expected to examine the company's liability. Boeing already accepted responsibility for what happened to Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and for a similar 737 Max crash off the coast of Indonesia that killed 189 passengers and crew members less than five months earlier. Instead, an eight-person jury would be tasked with deciding how much Boeing should pay to the families of Mercy Ndivo, a 28-year-old mother originally from Kenya,"
A civil trial tied to the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash that killed 157 people is scheduled to proceed in Chicago more than six years after the accident. Boeing settled most wrongful-death suits but two cases remain, and an eight-person jury will determine damages for the families of Mercy Ndivo and Shikha Garg. Boeing accepted legal responsibility for Flight 302 and a similar 737 Max crash off Indonesia that killed 189 people, apologized to families, and committed to fully and fairly compensate those lost in the accidents. Ndivo and Garg are survived by spouses and parents; Ndivo's daughter was an infant at the time.
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