Jury Rules in Favor of Honeywell in Breed Technologies Inc. v. AlliedSignal

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell announced today that the jury in the Breed Technologies Inc. v. AlliedSignal (a Honeywell predecessor) case returned a verdict in favor of Honeywell.

The case arose from the October 1997 sale of AlliedSignal's safety restraints business to Breed Technologies. Honeywell has always maintained that the claims were without merit and that it expected to prevail.

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