State ex rel. Pollution Control Coordinating Bd. v. Kerr-McGee Corp.
ELR Citation: ELR 20458 No(s). 50235 (Okla. Nov 4, 1980)
The court affirms a jury award of $50,000 in compensatory damages and $127,000 in punitive damages to remedy a fish kill in the Cimarron River due to overflows of toxic chemicals from defendants' property. The verdict was based on the jury's finding that heavy rains flooded defendants' separating ta...