Home - CBSNews.com | Jury awards $49.5 million to Boeing 737 MAX crash victim's family AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. A Chicago jury awarded $49.5 million in damages to the family of Samya Stumo, a 24‑year‑old American who died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash that killed all 157 aboard shortly after take‑off from Addis Ababa; the verdict came after only two hours of deliberation and followed the company’s failure to settle the case out of court, prompting a statement from Boeing expressing sorrow and noting that, while most related lawsuits have been resolved through settlements, families retain the right to pursue court action. The crash, which occurred weeks after a similar Lion Air 737 MAX disaster in Indonesia, led to the worldwide grounding of the model for nearly two years and to a federal agreement in which Boeing paid more than $1.1 billion in fines and $445 million in compensation, along with mandated safety and quality reforms, to avoid criminal prosecution. Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boeing-737-max-crash-victim-family-jury-49-5-million/ #SamyaStumo #Boeing #EthiopianAirlines #USregulators