Johnson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge.

Colt Industries Operating Corporation (“appellant”) appeals from a judgment entered January 18, 1985 upon a jury verdict in favor of Francis Paul Johnson (“appellee”) in the District of Kansas, Dale E. Saffels, District Judge. The jury found appellant liable for the injuries sustained by appellee and his wife when his handgun manufactured by appellant accidently discharged after being dropped. The jury awarded appellee $850,000 in compensatory damages and $1,250,000 in punitive damages. We find that the principal questions appellant raises on appeal are: (1) whether the…