Questions about the reliability of an expert witness's testimony were a key factor in the reversal of a $218 million jury verdict in a Kentucky case involving farmland contaminated by PCBs. The case is one of several brought against Rockwell International because of leakage of chemicals at its Russellville, Ky., aluminum casing plant. A 1996 jury verdict awarded the 75 plaintiffs, mostly farmers along the Mud Creek River in Logan County, $7.6 million in compensatory damages and $210 million in punitives.
February 01, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Questions about the reliability of an expert witness’s testimony were a key factor in the reversal of a $218 million jury verdict in a Kentucky case involving farmland contaminated by PCBs.
The case is one of several brought against Rockwell International Corp. because of leakage of polychlorinated biphenyls at its Russellville, Ky., aluminum casing plant.
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