State seeks $100K a day in penalties for Ambassador Bridge owners

**Lowell** · June-11-11, 09:13 PM

The least the judge can do is figure out the loss of money in terms of depreciation, loss of use, bond interest and any other factors that delay of opening the gateway has cost. Then slap interest, penalties and fines on top of that. Oh, yeah court costs too. Why does his his I'm-too-big-to-bring-down insolence remind me of Kwame back in this heyday?

**kraig** · June-13-11, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by Lowell

The least the judge can do is figure out the loss of money in terms of depreciation, loss of use, bond interest and any other factors that delay of opening the gateway has cost. Then slap interest, penalties and fines on top of that. Oh, yeah court costs too. Why does his his I'm-too-big-to-bring-down insolence remind me of Kwame back in this heyday?

As far as those, there are none. Nothing that the Bridge Company's done has stopped MDOT from doing what it needed to do. The best MDOT can hope for are punitive damages. Getting compensatory, nominal or liquidated damages is a serious longshot.