A California appeals court dismissed a jury verdict Friday that had been...
A California appeals court dismissed a jury verdict Friday that had been won by ICO Global Communications against Boeing over launch and satellite contracts. The judgment was handed down in the District Court of Appeal, Los Angeles. Because evidence showed…
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that ICO “waived its claim for breach of the satellite contract” and there’s sufficient evidence that Boeing’s alleged misrepresentations and concealments caused ICO’s alleged damages under the launch contract, “we reverse the order,” Judge Emilie Elias said in her opinion. Evidence also indicated the “Boeing parent corporation’s alleged acts of tortious interference with the launch contract caused ICO no harm,” she said. The court affirmed the order granting a judgment notwithstanding verdict to Boeing “on the satellite contract price fraud verdict.” Boeing Satellite and Boeing Corp. can recover appellate costs, the opinion said.