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Environmental

Jun. 17, 2006

Jury's Is Not Final Say for Punitives

SAN FRANCISCO - Litigants in an apparently unprecedented water pollution case have charted an aggressive timetable for testing a jury's massive punitive damages verdict against chemical makers.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer


      SAN FRANCISCO - Litigants in an apparently unprecedented water pollution case have charted an aggressive timetable for testing a jury's massive punitive damages verdict against chemical makers.
      San Francisco Superior Court Judge John E. Munter this week scheduled a July 26 hearing on defense motions brought by the companie...

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