[CPEO-BIF] "Missouri Federal Jury Awards $20.6 Million for TCE Exposure; No New Trial"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Missouri Federal Jury Awards $20.6 Million for TCE Exposure; No New Trial

by Graham C. Zorn
National Law Review
August 5, 2016

A Missouri federal court denied a ball bearings manufacturer’s request for a new trial after a jury hit it with $20.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages in a trichloroethylene (“TCE”) exposure case, and the Court denied Defendants’ request for a new trial.  Kirk v. Schaeffler Group USA, Inc., No. 3:13-cv-5032 (W.D. Mo. July 13, 2016).

Plaintiff is a 28-year-old woman who grew up near Defendants’ Joplin, MO manufacturing plant.  She brought common law claims, alleging childhood exposure to TCE in groundwater, soil, and soil vapor caused her autoimmune hepatitis and other serious ailments.  A federal jury awarded $7.6 million in compensatory damages and $13 million in punitives, finding Defendants showed indifference or conscious disregard for the safety of others.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/missouri-federal-jury-awards-206-million-tce-exposure-no-new-trial

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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