By Diana Novak Jones

CHICAGO (Reuters) -A jury in federal court in Chicago ordered Boeing on Wednesday to pay more than $28 million to the family of a United Nations environmental worker who was killed in the 2019 crash of a 737 MAX jet in Ethiopia.

The verdict awarded to the family of Shikha Garg is the first in the dozens of lawsuits filed in the wake of that crash and another in Indonesia in 2018, which combined killed 346 people.

Under a deal between the parties struck on Wednesday morning, Garg’s family will receive $35.85 million – the full verdict amount plus 26% interest – and Boeing will not appeal, according to attorneys for the family.

Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Shanin Specter and Elizabeth Crawford, who represented the family, said in a st

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