Jury Says Design Company Should Pay $5.7M Over Construction Defects

Mealey's (September 17, 2019, 1:14 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A federal jury in Georgia on Sept. 16 ordered a firm that specializes in designing chemical engineering plants to pay $5.75 million to an energy company that accused it of creating plans that resulted in the improper installation of piping and defective construction of compressor foundations of a liquid ammonium nitrate solution plant in Tennessee, finding that the defendant company breached the terms of the contract between the parties (US Nitrogen LLC v. Weatherly Inc., No. 16-cv-00462, N.D. Ga.)....