Jury awards $29m to Irishman's family after plane crash
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 spokesperson has said.
A Chicago jury has awarded $29 million in damages to the family of Micheál Mick Ryan, an Irish UN employee who died in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash. The verdict represents an important step towards accountability and justice for the family, according to their attorney. Mr Ryan, a father of two, was among the 157 victims killed when the Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying him and 156 others crashed in Ethiopia.
The victim's widow Naoise Connolly Ryan pursued the civil suit against Boeing, seeking justice for her husband's death. Boeing has expressed deep sorrow for the loss of life in the crash and acknowledged that anti-stall software was involved in the incident. The company has also settled most of the claims related to the crash, but families remain entitled to pursue their cases through the court process.
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