A federal court jury has awarded over $28 million to the family of a United Nations consultant who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max jetliner in Ethiopia more than six years ago .

The verdict was reached Wednesday on behalf of the relatives of Shikha Garg after two hours of jury deliberation that capped a weeklong trial in Chicago, where Boeing used to have its headquarters. It was the first civil trial stemming from the March 2019 disaster that killed all 157 people on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.

“We and the family are gratified by the jury’s verdict. It provides public accountability for Boeing’s wrongful conduct,” the family’s lawyers, Shanin Specter and Elizabeth Crawford, said in a statement after the verdict was read in court.

Boeing will pay an additional $3.45 mil

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