Appellate Court Reverses Sanctions Awards in Pesticide Suit

A claimant who suffered heart palpitations after inhaling pesticides at work does not owe a pest control company sanctions after declining their settlement offer, an Arizona appellate court ruled.The Arizona Court of Appeals  reversed and remanded four sanctions awards that penalized the plaintiff, but affirmed the part of the Superior Court's decision to deny her punitive damages claim in Warner v. Southwest Desert Images, No. 2 CA-CV 2007-0041, 1/28/08.In September 2003, Catherine Warner was working inside her employer's building when a pest control worker sprayed pesticides tha...