Boeing Ordered to Pay $49.5 Million to Family of American Killed in 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Crash

Wednesday’s ruling is the second jury verdict stemming from the fatal crash.

Michael Stumo, holding a photo of his daughter Samya Stumo, and his wife Nadia Milleron, sit behind FAA Administrator Steve Dickson during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on the implementation of aviation safety reform at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 3, 2021. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP Photo

A federal jury on Wednesday ordered Boeing to pay $49.5 million over the death of an American on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, resolving one of the last lawsuits from a pair of fatal crashes that killed 346 people.

The Chicago jury awarded the family of 24-year-old Samya Stumo $16.5 million for their loss of companionship, $12 million for their grief, and $21 million for her experience on the plane. Because Boeing had already acknowledged responsibility for the crash, the trial focused solely on the scale of compensatory relief rather than on liability.