Law 360 reports (subscription required) that a jury in Livingston County New York awarded $287 million in damages, including $240 million in punitive damages, for injuries sustained in the crash of a Harley-Davidson “trike.”
The plaintiffs alleged that the Tri Glide Ultra motorcycle contained a faulty software system that caused the motorcycle to swerve across the road an into an embankment, injuring the driver and killing his passenger. The article reports that Harley-Davison plans to appeal.