Price v. High Pointe Oil Co.

BECKERING, EJ.

In this negligence action, defendant, High Pointe Oil Company, Inc., appeals as of right following a jury trial in which plaintiff, Beckie Price, was awarded $100,000 in noneconomic damages after defendant filled the basement of her home with nearly 400 gallons of fuel oil. The incident created an environmental hazard that required plaintiffs home to be razed from the site and left her displaced from a permanent home for almost two years. Defendant appeals the trial court’s orders denying its motion for summary disposition on the issue of noneconomic damages and it’s motion for…