Phillips v. Mazda Motor Manufacturing (USA) Corp.

Plaintiffs sued defendants for the wrongful death of their son, who was killed in an accident during the construction of defendant Mazda’s automobile factory on January 4, 1986. The jury returned a verdict of $3,300,000 against defendants. Defendants moved for a new trial, judgment notwithstanding the verdict (jnov), and remittitur, which the trial court denied on May 25, 1990. Defendants appeal as of right. We affirm.

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Defendant Mazda is the owner of the real estate where decedent was killed. Defendant Kajima was the general contractor for the construction of Mazda’s factory on that property.…