PRICE v. HIGH POINTE OIL CO., INC.

Docket No. 298460.

817 N.W.2d 583 (2011)

294 Mich. App. 42

PRICE v. HIGH POINTE OIL COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 25, 2011, at 9:15 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sinas, Dramis, Brake, Boughton & McIntyre, P.C., Lansing (by James F. Graves and Stephen H. Sinas ), for plaintiff.

Garan Lucow Miller , P.C., Detroit (by Megan K. Cavanagh ), for defendant.

Before: BECKERING, P.J., and FORT HOOD and STEPHENS, JJ.


BECKERING, P.J.

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 plaintiff's home to be razed from the site and left her displaced from a permanent home for almost two years. Defendant...

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