8th Circuit Reverses; New Trial Needed On Damages In Chemical Exposure Case

ST. LOUIS - A panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 5 reversed a $13 million punitive damages ruling in a chemical exposure case and held that a new damages trial was appropriate because a lower court erroneously concluded that judicial estoppel applied based on an inconsistent position taken by the defendants in a separate case related to successor-in-interest liability (Jodelle L. Kirk v. Schaeffler Group USA Inc., et al., No. 16-3417, 8th Cir.; 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 9012).
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