Jury is picked in Boeing’s first civil trial over payouts to families of Ethiopia crash victims
November 4, 2025
More than six years after a Boeing 737 Max crashed in Ethiopia, the first civil trial stemming from the disaster is set to proceed in Chicago. An eight-person jury was selected Tuesday and will be asked to decide how much Boeing should pay the families of two victims who died in the March 2019 crash. Opening statements were scheduled to begin Wednesday. The trial won’t examine liability since Boeing already accepted legal responsibility for the crash. The aircraft maker has settled most wrongful death lawsuits from the crash. Lawyers say about 14 more cases remain open.