ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20146
No(s). 10-55371 (9th Cir. Jun 29, 2012)

The Ninth Circuit upheld a jury's award of $28.8 million in intangible environmental damages for harm caused by a wildfire negligently caused by a construction company that burned roughly 18,000 acres of the Angeles National Forest in Southern California. The company did not contest its liabil...