Seattle judge tosses multi-million dollar verdict against Boeing

The judge determined the jury erred when it awarded $72 million to Redmond-based Zunum.

SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle has overturned a jury’s verdict in a lawsuit that could have cost Boeing more than $200 million.

In a 53-page decision issued Wednesday, Judge James Robart cited a law that requires the court to dismiss a case when “…there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable jury to find for that party on that issue.”

Robart determined the jury erred when it awarded $72 million to Zunum, a Redmond start-up in Kirkland that planned to build an electric airplane.  Those damages

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