BOYLE V. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
487 U.S. 500 (1988)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a wrongful death action. It was an appeal from a diversity
action from a reversal by the Court of Appeals from a jury verdict awarding Boyle (P)
$725,000.
FACTS: Boyle (P), a United States Marine helicopter copilot, was killed when the CH-53D
helicopter in which he was flying crashed during a training exercise. P was unable to escape
from the helicopter and drowned. P's father brought this diversity action in Federal
District Court against United Technologies Corporation (D), which built the helicopter for
the United States. P relied on proof under Virginia law of a defective part and a defective
design of the escape system that opened out instead of in which made escape under water
extremely difficult. The jury returned a general verdict for P for $725,000. The Court of
Appeals reversed and remanded with directions that judgment be entered for D. D could not be
held liable for the allegedly defective design of the escape hatch because, on the evidence
presented, it satisfied the requirements of the 'military contractor defense.'
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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