Harris Corp, Melbourne, Florida says it will seek to have set aside or overturned a verdict against it of $13m in actual and $83m in punitive damages in a case filed against it by bankrupt software company PLS Inc: the suit, filed in August 1991, alleged breach of contract and other charges related to a 1989 non-exclusive software marketing agreement between PLS and Lanier Business Systems, then a unit of Harris’ Lanier Worldwide unit; the deal was negotiated at the same time as Harris was negotiating the deal for it to sell the PLS law office software packages; the buyer failed to make many sales, and PLS ceased operations in 1990; the jury award has no base in reality and we intend to take all steps necessary to have it set aside or overturned, Harris said.
