Supreme Court to review $100K verdict in oil spill

DEWITT, Mich. (AP) -- The Michigan Supreme Court has taken a step toward possibly stopping a $100,000 verdict for a woman whose home had to be demolished after the basement was mistakenly filled with heating oil. The court says it will take an appeal from High Pointe Oil Co. The company says Beckie Price of DeWitt in Clinton County isn't entitled to a cash award for mental distress. In 2007, a deliveryman mistakenly pumped about 400 gallons of heating oil into a pipe that was no longer attached to a tank in Price's basement. She had switched to a propane furnace. The house had to be demolished after Price had lived there for 32 years. The state appeals court last year upheld her $100,000 award for anguish, saying a home holds emotions and memories. Published: Mon, Mar 26, 2012