A federal court jury Thursday ordered Chrysler Corp. to pay $11.3 million to the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers for infringing on his patent.
View Comments
The jury in U.S. District Court said the third-biggest U.S. automaker didn't deliberately infringe on a patent held by Robert Kearns, but it said Chrysler must pay him about 90 cents for each of the 12.6 million cars it equipped with the wipers in 1977-88.