LISEC v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

Docket No. 38883.

85 Cal.App.3d 969 (1978)

149 Cal. Rptr. 847

JAMES K. LISEC et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

October 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lewis, Rouda & Lewis, Marvin E. Lewis, Michael B. Moore and Victoria J. De Goff for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Robert E. Cartwright, Michael B. Moore, Glenn T. Bayshore, Leroy Hersh, Robert G. Beloud, William P. Camusi, David D. Baum, Edward I. Pollock, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Arne Werchick, Ralph Drayton, Richard D. Bridgman and Leonard Sacks as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, John B. Marchant, Arnold T. Aikens, Michael A. Katz, Robert S. Rankin, Jr., and Philip J. Hogan for Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

McBRIDE, J.*

This appeal is from an order of the trial court granting a motion by respondent for a new trial1 after denial of its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The verdict, on the 51st day of trial, awarded appellants $368,049 compensatory and $1,476,194 punitive damages. A cross-appeal was filed, wherein respondent United Air Lines, Inc., (hereinafter...

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