July 11 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N) reached a settlement with a Canadian man whose family died in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, the man's lawyer said on Friday.

Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to a devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of 737 Max jets.

The agreement came just days before the first trial for the 2019 crash that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets was scheduled to start.

The US Justice Department urged a judge in Texas to accept a proposed settlement agreement reached with Boeing Co. that would allow the planemaker to avoid a criminal charge in a longstanding case over two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jets.

The U.S. Department of Justice is urging a Texas judge to approve a proposed settlement with Boeing Co., which would allow the aerospace giant to avoid criminal prosecution related to two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.

Boeing has reached a settlement with a man whose family died in a 737 MAX crash in 2019, a law firm told AFP on Friday, meaning the US aviation giant

Boeing has reached a settlement with a man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 plane crash in Ethiopia.

Boeing ( NYSE: BA) reached a confidential settlement with Paul Njoroge, a Toronto resident who lost his wife, three young children, and mother-in-law in the 2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, his attorney confirmed Friday, according to several news reports.

Boeing has reached a settlement with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to the devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets.