Court: | KY Court of Appeals |
Facts: | Julius Burns got lead poisoning from growing up in the housing authoritys complex. |
Posture: | Appeal from judgment with $3M punitives |
Issue: | Are punitives allowed here? |
Holding: | No. |
Rule: | It's a non-profit, so any costs it gets will either kill it or be passed on to the taxpayer. |
Reasoning: | We couldn't increase rent in order to pay for this, and so the burden would just be on the taxpayers. And that would be no punishment for the agency. |
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