Following the tragic crashes of the 737 MAX aircraft in Indonesia (2018) and Ethiopia (2019), Boeing has faced extensive legal proceedings resulting in massive payouts. While many settlements remain confidential, recent court rulings in late 2025 have provided specific benchmarks. In one landmark case involving a United Nations worker, a federal jury ordered Boeing to pay over $28 million to a single family. With interest, that specific settlement reached approximately $35.8 million. Collectively, Boeing established a $500 million victim compensation fund as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which initially provided roughly $1.45 million per family for the 346 victims. However, this fund was separate from the individual civil lawsuits; Boeing has settled over 90% of these private claims, with total payouts reaching into the billions. These settlements aim to provide public accountability for the company's "wrongful conduct" regarding the aircraft's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS).