The final day of a Pinecrest orchid grower’s trial against chemical maker DuPont for destroying her crop hit a major snag Wednesday when the judge took issue with an analogy used by her lawyer during closing arguments on punitive damages.
During a one-hour monologue that started with profuse apologies to jurors for the monthlong trial and ended with shouting accusations, Robert Ratiner compared DuPont’s Benlate fungicide to a street mugger breaking someone’s leg and getting caught.
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