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A federal jury awarded $1.1 million in damages Thursday to a company that said Amtrak thwarted its efforts to revive a ski train between Denver and the resort town of Winter Park.
Jurors found Amtrak breached an oral contract it had with Iowa Pacific Holdings, which hoped to offer trips during the 2009-10 ski season.
Iowa Pacific argued Amtrak had promised to supply a train crew, but only weeks before service was to start, Amtrak raised the amount of insurance coverage Iowa Pacific had to get. When Iowa Pacific wasn’t able to get the coverage, it canceled the season and refunded about 13,000 reservations.
