The Pennsylvania Superior Court has tossed out a $38.5 million punitive damages award in a case involving a fatal shooting at a Kraft factory, but according to several plaintiffs attorneys, the ruling tossed out much more than money.
On July 18, a three-judge Superior Court panel determined the plaintiffs in Wilson v. U.S. Security Associates were time-barred from seeking punitive damages in their lawsuit stemming from the shooting that left two women dead. As part of the decision, the unanimous panel held that the plaintiffs’ attempts to reinstate their punitive damages claim “improperly added a new cause of action.”
