United States First Circuit

A jury verdict for plaintiff is not sustainable where 1) evidence showed that the utility of an airbag design exceeded the risk, 2) no alternative safer design existed, and 3) verdict was based either on a misunderstanding of the law or solely on the jury's rejection of defendants' experts' testimony.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/27/2002
• Published 08/27/2002

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leslie G. Landau with whom McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP, Lee G. Sullivan, Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP, Brian P. Crosby, Graffam & Biaggi, and Keith A. Graffam were on the brief for Hyundai Motor Corporation., Francisco Rebollo-Casalduc with whom Andrés Guillemard-Noble, Giselle Colón, and Nachman, Guillemard & Rebollo were on the brief for Minerva Quintana-Ruiz.