US jury awards $29 million damages to Boeing 737 MAX victim’s family

The civil suit was brought against Boeing by Naoise Connolly Ryan, widow of Irish-born UN employee Michael Ryan

Ryan was one of the victims in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash that killed all 157 aboard

August 12, 2026 22:41

NEW YORK: A Chicago jury awarded $29 million in damages to the family of an Irish-born United Nations employee who died in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash, a US court spokesman said Wednesday.