Boeing settles with Canadian father after Ethiopian 737 Max crash that killed his family
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The jury trial at Chicago's federal court had been set to start on Monday to determine damages for Paul Njoroge of
Canada
His family was heading to their native Kenya in March 2019 aboard
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 when it malfunctioned and plummeted to the ground. The wreck killed all 157 people on board.
Njoroge, 41, had planned to testify about how the crash affected his life. He has been unable to return to his family home in Toronto because the memories are too painful. He has not been able to find a job, and has weathered criticism from relatives for not travelling alongside his wife and children.
Mourners of victims of the crashed accident of Ethiopian Airlines react during the mass funeral at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 17, 2019. Photo: AFP
'He's got complicated grief and sorrow and his own emotional stress,' Njoroge's lawyer Robert Clifford said. 'He's haunted by nightmares and the loss of his wife and children.'
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Michael Stumo, father of Samya Stumo, victim of Flight ET302; and Paul Njoroge hold a combination photo of Njoroge's family members who were victims of EA Flight 302 during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee hearing on "State of Aviation Safety" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
