Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Defendant-Appellee-Cross

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This important Florida diversity case involves an appeal from-a judgment for damages for breach of contract in < favor of Eastern Air Lines against McDonnell Douglas Aircraft, Inc. based on a jury'verdict in Eastern’s favor for the sum of $24,552,-659.11 plus costs of $241,149.02 — one of the largest jury verdicts ever reviewed by this Court. Involved is a series of contracts covering the years 1965-1968 by which Douglas Aircraft, Inc. 1 agreed to manufacture and sell to Eastern Air Lines nearly 100 jet planes for approximately a half billion dollars. Suit was filed…