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Why does the amount not seem serious? A Texas jury awarded a $301 billion settlement last week for a drunk driving fatality.
by austincheney 5y ago
Why does the amount not seem serious? A Texas jury awarded a $301 billion settlement last week for a drunk driving fatality.
- ceejayoz 5y agoThat's not serious, either. Such verdicts inevitably get reduced on appeal. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/health/jnj-risperdal-verdict-reduced.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/health/jnj-risperdal-verd... - $8B down to $6.8M, "Large jury verdicts are frequently reduced after trial".
- kwhitefoot 5y agoThat sounds rather silly. The sort of thing that brings the law into disrepute.