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$137M very obviously incentivates people to engage into frivolous litigation. Only a fraction of that money should be awarded to the victim. The rest could as

• nuerow 5y ago
  > $137M very obviously incentivates people to engage into frivolous litigation. The risk of frivolous litigation does not even register as a problem. The amount a company pays in damages is a factor of the corporation's size, and a consequence of what it takes to actually make them fix a systemic problem so that no one has to live with it. Otherwise, corporations could foster extremely toxic work environment and company cultures and any consequence would be written off as an operational cost. Also, mega corporations like Tesla do have their own dedicated HR and legal departments, so I'm sure they can handle an occasional court case.
  • cutemonster 5y ago
    @vemv didn't say the fines were too high. S/he said that: "The rest could as well go to charity, or our public health system". What's a single person going to do with $100M. It would have been enough for a bunch of schools