ELR Citation: ELR 20400
No(s). s. 79-0710 et al (M.D. Pa. Feb 27, 1985)

The court holds that punitive damages are available under the Price-Anderson Act. Though the Act is intended as a compensatory rather than punitive scheme, Congress intended that state law be used to determine the damages available, subject only to the upper limits imposed by the Act. Congress expre...