Court voids much of $180 mln award over ConAgra silo fire | Business Information & News | Westlaw

Court voids much of $180 mln award over ConAgra silo fire | Business Information & News | Westlaw

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9/9/14 REUTERS 20:09:38
REUTERS
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September 9, 2014
Court voids much of $180 mln award over ConAgra silo fire
Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court said ConAgra Foods Inc was not liable for a 2010 fire and explosion at an Illinois flour mill that burned three workers, and overturned much of a nearly $180 million jury award against the packaged foods company...
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Company: CONAGRA FOODS INC; WEST SIDE SALVAGE INC
News Subject: (Legal (1LE33); Civil Rights Law (1CI34); Liability (1LI55); Judicial Cases & Rulings (1JU36))
Industry: (Food & Beverage Production (1FO79); Agriculture, Food & Beverage (1AG53); Ingredients (1IN93); Flour (1FL07))
Region: (Americas (1AM92); USA (1US73); Illinois (1IL01); Nebraska (1NE88); North America (1NO39); U.S. Midwest Region (1MI19))
Language: EN
Other Indexing: (Robert Schmidt; Dave Kaup; John Jentz; Michael Reagan; Justin Becker; Frank Easterbrook)
Keywords: employment (MCC:f); (N2:US); (N2:AMERS); (N2:USA); (MCCL:OVR)
Word Count: 430