Tramell v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BRECKENRIDGE, J. *
These cases arise out of the tragic crash of an American Airlines DC-10 near Chicago on May 25, 1979. The ensuing wrongful death cases were tried separately, but before the same judge during 1982. Defendants McDonnell Douglas and American Airlines did not contest and in effect admitted liability. The sole issue before each jury was damages. The “Tramell” jury returned a general verdict in the sum of $4,138,000. The trial judge granted defendants’ motion for a new trial upon the grounds of excessive damages, conditioned upon plaintiffs’ accepting a reduction of the…
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