PALMER COAL & ROCK COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
GULF OIL COMPANY—U. S., a corporation, aka Gulf Oil Corporation, a corporation, and the Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co., a corporation, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 19, 1975.
Decided November 3, 1975.
Rehearing Denied December 19, 1975.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Leonard O. Thomas, Weeks, Thomas, Lysaught, Bingham & Mustain, Kansas City, Kan. (David K. Fromme, Kansas City, Kan., on the brief), for defendants-appellants.
John E. Shamberg, Schnider, Shamberg & May, Shawnee Mission, Kan. (Charles S. Schnider, Shawnee Mission, Kan., on the brief), Forrest E. Short, Short & Short, Fort Scott, Kan. (Joel B. Short, Fort Scott, Kan., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.
Before LEWIS, Chief Judge, and McWILLIAMS and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
LEWIS, Chief Judge.
Defendant Gulf Oil Company (Gulf) and its subsidiary, Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company (P & M), appeal from judgments entered in the district court for the District of Kansas following jury verdicts amounting to $500,000 compensatory and $1,500,000 punitive damages awarded to plaintiff Palmer Coal & Rock Company (Palmer Coal). The trial court reduced the actual damages to $466,830.50...
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