Legal Opinion
Great Lakes Aircraft Co. v. City of Claremont
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided March 9, 1992No. 89-476PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, C.J.
The defendant, the City of Claremont (City), appeals from a jury verdict in the Superior Court [Barry, J.) awarding the plaintiff, Great Lakes Aircraft Company (GLAC), damages of $5,250,000 for breach of a ground lease. The City appeals on numerous grounds relating to issues both of liability and of damages. We affirm the verdict as to liability and reverse, in part, the damages award.
In 1979, the City and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) agreed to develop a master plan and Airport Layout Plan (ALP) for the *275development of the Claremont airport. In 1984, the City entered into an airport…
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