If only every civil jury trial featured allegations involving a war-torn African country, the converted used of a jet, $5 million in smuggled gold and cash, and defendants who repeatedly invoked their Fifth Amendment right not to testify.
Those were just some of the disputed allegations a Dallas County jury considered when it issued a $34.8 million plaintiffs’ award on Sept. 21. But on Oct. 25, Dallas Judge Dale Tillery reduced the award to $19.3 million, adjusting the amount of money the plaintiffs could recover for a Gulfstream V jet after the jury found defendants CAMAC Aviation and CAMAC International had converted the airplane without the owner’s consent.
