A plaintiff may not seek punitive damages against a store owner for selling synthetic compounds commonly referred to as bath salts, even if the seller knows the buyer may use the substance in a harmful way, a Monroe County Court of Common Pleas judge has ruled.
Judge David J. Williamson ruled August 14 that the plaintiff in Kish v. Bangia will not be able to seek punitive damages in her wrongful-death suit against the store that allegedly sold her son synthetic substances that can create effects similar to amphetamine and cocaine and are believed to cause hallucinations.
