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Wellbeing doesn't have a price tag. There's no amount of money someone could pay you to make up for your daughter dying early or your son becoming disabled. H
by bsimpson 1y ago
Wellbeing doesn't have a price tag. There's no amount of money someone could pay you to make up for your daughter dying early or your son becoming disabled.
However, $329M sounds like an imaginary amount of money in a liability claim. If this guy crashed into a parked car without Tesla being involved, the family would be unfathomably lucky to even get 1% of that amount.
- wedn3sday 1y agoPerhaps the driver would have acted differently if Tesla hadnt sold him a product called "autopilot."
- cosmicgadget 1y agoBut if it was called 'lane assist' or 'adaptive cruise' he might not have bought the car in the first place.
- delecti 1y agoI agree. If Tesla was not allowed to give their product a misleading name, it probably would get fewer sales. That's the rationale behind false advertising laws.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoIndeed. So they called it autopilot and then this accident happened and that's the reality we're actually living in now.
- terminalshort 1y agoTypically you need better evidence than "perhaps" to walk out of court with millions.
- metabagel 1y agoI'm not an attorney, but I think typically juries operate on the "reasonable person" standard.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoYes that's why the court heard testimonies from linguistics experts etc.
- Hamuko 1y agoMost of that $329 million is punitive, not compensatory.
- narrator 1y agoThe supreme court has ruled on punitive damage awards going back to the 1990s and limited the excesses. You can't for example get $4 million in punitive damages on $4000 in actual damages. The general rule from the looks of the article is 5x actual damages. https://corporate.findlaw.com/litigation-disputes/punitive-damages-after-bmw-of-north-america-inc-v-gore.html https://corporate.findlaw.com/litigation-disputes/punitive-d...