ELR Citation: ELR 20309
No(s). CIV-79-990C (W.D.N.Y. Oct 2, 1990)

The court holds that New York State's claim for punitive damages for common law public nuisance against a chemical company is not barred by New York penal law, New York case law, the U.S. Constitution, or the New York Constitution. The court first holds that the state's punitive damages claim is not...