Legal Opinion
Bemer Aviation, Inc. v. Hughes Helicopter, Inc
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 21, 1985No. Civ. A. 84-0821PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KATZ, District Judge.
Defendant Hughes Helicopter, Inc. (“Hughes”), has moved for Judgment N.O.V. or for a New Trial following a jury verdict of $1,170,547.23 including punitive damages of $1,100,000.00 against Hughes and in favor of Bemer Aviation, Inc. (“Bemer”). At trial, plaintiff demonstrated that defendant sold as new a used and defective helicopter it had manufactured, that the helicopter was a lemon because its bearings were designed too light for the load and that the helicopter fell out of the sky into a New York shopping center parking lot. Plaintiff also showed…
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