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Originally Posted by thebrad84
You can actually blame the national media for that one. That lawsuit was far from frivolous, but that is how the national media played it out, and thus why most Americans believe it to be so.
Did you know that the victim only sought to have her medical bills covered (around $45K)? It was the juries decision to award her $2 millions dollars, which was later reduced by the judge. When it was all said in done, she only received around $500K.
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Yeah the back story on that case sheds a lot of light on why it came out the way it did.
It's a tough topic. You have to hit these large corporations with large enough amounts to be genuinely punitive. At the same time it becomes lottery ticket for every slime bag out there.