Boeing lost a $49.5 million verdict for damages over a single deal in the Ethiopian Airines Beoing 737 MAX crash. Samya Stumo was a 24-year old American public health worker killed on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302. Boeing has already admitted liability. This case was about compensation. Ethiopian Airlines ET-AVJ taking off from Tel Aviv, credit: LLBG Spotter via Wikimedia Commons Since the suit is against the aircraft manufacturer and not the airline, it’s not limited by the Montreal Convention . Boeing was headquarted in Chicago at the time of the event, and Illinois law allows wrongful death damages for “grief, sorrow, and mental suffering” of the family. Pre-death experience: $21 million The passenger’s final minutes of alarm, terror, loss of control, and awareness of impending death. Loss of companionship: $16.5 million The family’s loss of the passenger as a daughter and sibling, their relationship value; companionship; affection; future life together.…