GULFPORT, Miss. AP – A federal judge refused to let jurors consider punitive damages against an insurance company after they handed down a verdict Monday that favored the insurer in a dispute with policyholders over Hurricane Katrina damage.
At the end of a 10-day trial, an eight-member jury ordered San Antonio-based USAA Casualty Insurance Co. to pay an additional $64,000 to policyholders David and Marilyn Aiken for wind damage to their Pass Christian home and its contents during the Aug. 29, 2005 hurricane.
