Krupp Pm Engineering, Inc v. Honeywell, Inc

Defendant appeals as of right from a judgment for plaintiff in the amount of $220,480, plus interest, costs, and attorney fees, following a jury trial. The basis of plaintiffs case was that defendant had installed a defective part in the controller that monitored plaintiffs furnace. We affirm.

Joseph Krupp and his wife owned plaintiff corporation, which manufactured compact metal parts from powdered metal by heating the parts in a large furnace. Inside plaintiffs furnace was a temperature sensor called a thermocouple that worked with a microprocessor to enable a person to ascertain the…