Legal Opinion
Torrington Co. v. Stutzman
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 25, 1999No. 09-97-059 CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID FARRIS, Justice (Assigned).
This is a wrongful death case brought by the survivors of Phillip D. Stutzman and James Pulaski, two Marines who were killed in a 1992 helicopter crash. The crash was caused by a failed bearing. The appellees sued several defendants, but the appellants, Ingersoll-Rand and its subsidiary The Torrington Company (collectively, Ingersoll), were held to be jointly and severally liable for the entire judgment. The judgment was based upon a jury award of actual damages of $35,765,000.00 and punitive damages of $50,000,000.00. After re-mittitur, actual damages…
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