Legal Opinion
Courvoisier v. Harley Davidson of Trenton, Inc.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided December 21, 1999PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
LONG, J.
In 1993, plaintiff Frank Courvoisier was seriously injured in a single motorcycle accident. His motorcycle was purchased from, and serviced by, defendant Harley Davidson of Trenton, Inc. (Harley Davidson). Courvoisier sued Harley Davidson for negli gent maintenance of the motorcycle that, he claimed, proximately caused the accident. A jury returned a verdict of $1.1 million in his favor. The trial court entered judgment on the verdict against Harley Davidson in the amount of $1,441,357.81, which included pre-judgment interest.
At the time of the…
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