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 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 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.