New Trial in Lockheed Case: A Los...

New Trial in Lockheed Case: A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday threw out the verdict awarding $45.3 million to three former Lockheed employees who had been fired after telling management that the firm’s C-5B aircraft appeared defective and unsafe. Judge Harvey Schneider said he granted a new trial because one of the jurors failed to disclose that he had been convicted of a felony. Lockheed attorneys said they later learned that the man had pleaded guilty to burglary in Lauderdale County, Miss., in 1962. The Lockheed judgment had been thought to be the largest legal award ever involving a defense firm.