Godfrey v. Precision Airmotive Corp.

I respectfully dissent. Three defendants remained in this case at the time of the trial and only two suffered adverse verdicts of liability and damages: Tele-dyne Continental Motors, Inc. and Tele-dyne Technologies (collectively Teledyne), which manufactured the motor that failed on the doomed aircraft, and Precision Air-motive Corporation (Precision), which manufactured the faulty carburetor — the only carburetor that could be used on the Teledyne motor. Precision settled with the plaintiffs after this appeal was filed, leaving Teledyne as the only other party. During the trial, the…