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Old 14th Apr 2017, 01:47
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and rehab, plus loss of income etc. Punitive damages are up to a jury, and in this case the potential is massive. If you can rx $93M for spilling hot coffee in your groin,
Putting things back in perspective, the award to the lady who spilled hot coffee, (and was quite seriously injured), was reduced on appeal. Damages awarded by a sympathetic jury are frequently reduced on appeal when only the appeal court judges make the decisions, being a long time after the original court case such information is no longer 'hot' news.
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