In 2009,Mississippi Valley Silica Company Was Ordered to Pay a Plaintiff

In 2009,Mississippi Valley Silica Company was ordered to pay a plaintiff $9 million because the court ruled that it sold sand to the plaintiff's employer with the knowledge that using the sand on a regular basis would expose a worker to a form of cancer,and Mississippi Valley did not alert those who bought the sand about the risk.The $9 million recovery is an example of a ________.

A) frivolous lawsuit
B) jury nullification
C) public law remedy
D) civil law remedy
E) criminal law remedy