Legal Opinion
Harduvel v. General Dynamics Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 1989No. 87-3705PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, Associate Justice:
This diversity action arises out of the fatal crash of a General Dynamics F-16 fighter aircraft piloted by Air Force Captain Theodore Harduvel. After a two-week trial, a jury found General Dynamics liable for defects in the plane and awarded Har-duvel’s estate and survivors a total of $3.1 million in damages. The primary questions presented in this appeal concern the sufficiency of the evidence in support of this verdict and General Dynamics’ entitlement to the federal common law government contractor’s defense. Because we think the award of damages in this case is…
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