Oct

30

Judge to decide canker suit

Filed Under Class-action, Palm Beach 

The Palm Beach County class-action canker suit is now with Judge Robin Rosenberg, who will decide the value of the citrus trees destroyed during the state’s 11-year eradication program, which ended in January 2006, according to a story in The Palm Beach Post.

If Rosenberg decides the state is liable to pay homeowners beyond the $100 Wal-Mart voucher received for the first tree and the $55 for each additional tree, a jury will decide the amount in March.

Robert Gilbert, the attorney representing the lead clients, has argued that the state should pay the 41,000 Palm Beach County residents who are part of the suit, about $400 a tree.

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