Johansen v. Combustion Eng'g, Inc.

ELR Citation: ELR 21219
No(s). 97-8726 (11th Cir. Apr 1, 1999)

The court holds that a district court properly reduced a $15 million punitive damage award to $4.35 million in a nuisance and trespass case against a mining company that contaminated neighboring property owners' streams. The court first holds that the district court did not err in reducing the award...