Boeing has reached a settlement with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash involving a 737 Max aircraft. The settlement, announced on July 11 and 12, 2025, averted a federal jury trial scheduled to take place in Chicago. This case was set to be the first trial connected to the 2019 crash that led to a worldwide grounding of Boeing 737 Max jets. The agreement spares Boeing from a potentially landmark court proceeding related to the deadly incident.