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This story has little to do with fairness and justice and everything to do with power. It's this shameless exercise of hidden power by a prominent member of the
by CPLX 10y ago
This story has little to do with fairness and justice and everything to do with power. It's this shameless exercise of hidden power by a prominent member of the billionaire class that is deeply scary. When you discover someone with way too much power and accountable to no one wielding it, it can and should be terrifying.
It doesn't actually matter that much how much the victim of that power deserves it. This is a bad sign for our culture.
- Goladus 10y agoWhat happened was that power gave fairness and justice a chance.
- michaelmrose 10y agoThe penalty was bizarrely sized considering the damages suffered. Companies regularly suffer less hurt from killing people.
- Goladus 10y agoThey still have a chance to appeal the judgment.
- GrumpyYoungMan 10y agoThe penalty was chosen after the defense did nearly everything possible to sabotage their own case and paint themselves in an unsympathetic light. It's rather telling that the jury awarded damages in excess of what the plaintiff asked for.