Appeals court upholds $1 million award to recycler

Dec 05, 2011 | 01:09 PM | Lisa Gordon

Tags  scrapyard, Opal’s Salvage Yard, Opal Henderson, Lisa Gordon

PITTSBURGH — The Missouri Court of Appeals has sided with a St. Louis recycler that was forced to vacate her land to a redevelopment agency.

The challenger’s unsuccessful attempt to overturn the decision means Opal Henderson, owner and operator of Opal’s Salvage Yard for 61 years, will receive the $1 million awarded by a jury in 2010.....





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