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Benchmarks: Mo. court reinstates $28M punitive award for fatal plane crash 

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    • May 20, 2013

The third time apparently is a charm. After an award of $28 million in punitive damages in a product liability case over a fatal plane crash twice failed to pass judicial scrutiny, a Missouri appellate court sitting en banc decided that the jury had it right in the first place.
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Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/20/benchmarks-mo-court-restores-28m-punitive-award-for-fatal-plane-crash/

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