Boeing scored a major courtroom win on Friday after a US jury rejected claims that the aerospace giant should compensate Polish airline LOT for losses linked to the global grounding of the 737 MAX aircraft after two fatal crashes.LOT had demanded $250 million in damages, accusing Boeing of misleading airlines about the safety of the MAX jets before the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines disasters killed 346 people and triggered a worldwide suspension of the aircraft.But after hearing the case in a Seattle federal court, jurors sided with Boeing, dismissing allegations that the company committed fraud or concealed critical information about the aircraft.The nearly 20-month grounding of the MAX fleet disrupted airlines across the world and plunged Boeing into one of the deepest crises in its history. The company later admitted that flaws in its MCAS flight-control system contributed to both crashes.“We are gratified by the jury’s verdict in our favor,” Boeing told news agency AFP after the ruling.The lawsuit marked the first trial brought by an airline seeking compensation from Boeing over the MAX crisis.The lawsuit was closely watched because it was the first case brought by an airline over the 737 MAX crisis to reach a full jury trial in the US. LOT first sued Boeing in 2021, claiming the company rushed the MAX to compete with Airbus’s A320neo and hid critical details about the MCAS flight-control system from airlines and regulators.The trial lasted about two weeks in Seattle federal court, with jurors deliberating for only around three hours before siding with Boeing. LOT had argued that the grounding forced it to cancel flights, lease replacement aircraft, compensate passengers and absorb higher operational costs.Even after the lawsuit, LOT continues to operate Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Boeing, meanwhile, has faced years of legal and financial fallout from the crashes, including a $2.5 billion settlement with the US Justice Department in 2021 over fraud conspiracy charges linked to the aircraft’s certification process.