Louisiana High Court Affirms Remand For New Trial In School’s Oil Contamination Suit

Mealey's (July 6, 2021, 1:32 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court on June 30 affirmed an appellate court ruling that a school board’s strict liability cause of action was not prescribed in its suit over oil contamination of school property.  It also affirmed the lower court’s rulings vacating a $3.5 million award for remediation damages and remanding for a new trial on other claims, concluding that the jury was improperly allowed to award excess remediation damages following an earlier, erroneous ruling by the state high court in the case....