New York, July 12, 2025 (AFP) - Boeing evades MAX crash trial with last-minute settlement

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2025-07-12

Boeing has reached a settlement with a man whose family died in a 737 MAX crash in 2019, a law firm told AFP on Friday, meaning the US aviation giant will avoid a federal trial slated for Monday. Paul Njoroge, who lost his wife and three children in the Ethiopian Airlines disaster in which 157 people died, was to seek damages from Boeing in a case in Chicago. "The case has settled for a confidential amount," said a spokesperson for Clifford Law,......

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