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Erin Andrews - Awarded $55M

Can't put a $ on peace of mind, even as a dude if I were to secretly be taped at a hotel thru a peep hole and thrown on the internet I would feel uncomfortable for awhile.
 
I recently had a best friend die unnecessarily at the hands of a completely negligent emergency room doc.
The evidence was absolute and a settlement was offered almost immediately.
A top lawyer was hired.

The woman that died was otherwise healthy and was a great citizen.
Had the doc not accused her of wanting pain meds and sending her on her way he would have taken a closer look at the brain scan and immediately called in the neuro.. he didn't. Had he done so, she would be PERFECTLY fine. Instead, she is survived by her husband and two teenage children.

The award in the case totaled less than $6M.

I don't blame Erin at all... but I don't see anything equitable about all that.
 
Kicky, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there are two parts to an award like this. There is the compensatory award, which pays the victims for the damage they suffered. Then the is the punitive award, which has nothing at all to do with what the victim deserves, it is a punishment sized to make sure e perpetrator has sufficient motivation to not do it again. If the perpetrator has a lot of money the punitive award is larger.

So it has nothing at all to do with wether or not she deserves 55 million.
 
tfivas said:
Can't put a $ on peace of mind, even as a dude if I were to secretly be taped at a hotel thru a peep hole and thrown on the internet I would feel uncomfortable for awhile.
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It was a POS thing to do, but I think I'd start feeling pretty damn comfortable when my career took off and then I got awarded a settlement like this.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
It was a POS thing to do, but I think I'd start feeling pretty damn comfortable when my career took off and then I got awarded a settlement like this.
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She already had a good career going, but $55 million would definitely make things easier....
 
Gameface said:
Kicky, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there are two parts to an award like this. There is the compensatory award, which pays the victims for the damage they suffered. Then the is the punitive award, which has nothing at all to do with what the victim deserves, it is a punishment sized to make sure e perpetrator has sufficient motivation to not do it again. If the perpetrator has a lot of money the punitive award is larger.

So it has nothing at all to do with wether or not she deserves 55 million.
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Generally correct.
 
King Cy said:
Yeah, she is really suffering because of it lmao. I'm not endorsing this kind of behavior, but $55M is a little excessive.
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I agree.
She is doing just fine.
 
bigb said:
You're joking, right? Her career HAS NOT suffered even a little bit from this.
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Her career has probably actually been helped by this.
Plus the 55 million is probably more than she was ever going to make in her career
 
b_line said:
How many of you watched it?
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Not gonna lie... I would watch it if I knew how to find it. (Never tried to find it to be honest.... There is plenty of other porn out there to watch)
 
fishonjazz said:
Not gonna lie... I would watch it if I knew how to find it. (Never tried to find it to be honest.... There is plenty of other porn out there to watch)
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Yeah it's probably on one of those virus sites or some crap. Not that I would know anything about that...
 
b_line said:
Yeah it's probably on one of those virus sites or some crap. Not that I would know anything about that...
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Just watch it on your work computer. That way if there is a virus your IT guy can fix it...
 
Sirkickyass said:
This was, in large part, the defense used by Marriott. Let's just say that your female jurors will decide you owe more money for trying that one.
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I didn't know that was part of the defense. What a stupid and disgusting stance for a professional law firm to take.
I mean.. really dumb.
 
^That somewhat reminds me of a fraud case I am an expert witness for the plaintiff.

A real estate broker fraudulently signed documents (posing as FDIC) and making the defendant believe he got the best deal on a multi-million dollar land deal.
The broker, though, negotiated the deal with the feds and told the plaintiff/buyer a much higher number. Then the broker placed himself between the feds and the buyer and siphoned over a million dollars.

Get this.

The plaintiff's defense team alleged there was no harm to the defendant because he was able to sell the land at a profit.

huh?

So the buyer made an offer to the FDIC for, say, $4,000,000. The FDIC accepts the offer. The broker lies to the buyer and says the FDIC countered (with falsified documents) at $5.2M and buyer accepts.
Now the buyer resells the property for, say, $6M and the defendant states no damage.

I can't believe how ignorant/stupid some "high-powered" attorneys can be. All the above did was piss off the judge and jury.
 
Dr. Jones said:
^That somewhat reminds me of a fraud case I am an expert witness for the plaintiff.

A real estate broker fraudulently signed documents (posing as FDIC) and making the defendant believe he got the best deal on a multi-million dollar land deal.
The broker, though, negotiated the deal with the feds and told the plaintiff/buyer a much higher number. Then the broker placed himself between the feds and the buyer and siphoned over a million dollars.

Get this.

The plaintiff's defense team alleged there was no harm to the defendant because he was able to sell the land at a profit.

huh?

So the buyer made an offer to the FDIC for, say, $4,000,000. The FDIC accepts the offer. The broker lies to the buyer and says the FDIC countered (with falsified documents) at $5.2M and buyer accepts.
Now the buyer resells the property for, say, $6M and the defendant states no damage.

I can't believe how ignorant/stupid some "high-powered" attorneys can be. All the above did was piss off the judge and jury.
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I can't believe the percentage for brokering the fee wasn't enough for his wallet. What a jack wagon
 
Dr. Jones said:
^That somewhat reminds me of a fraud case I am an expert witness for the plaintiff.

A real estate broker fraudulently signed documents (posing as FDIC) and making the defendant believe he got the best deal on a multi-million dollar land deal.
The broker, though, negotiated the deal with the feds and told the plaintiff/buyer a much higher number. Then the broker placed himself between the feds and the buyer and siphoned over a million dollars.

Get this.

The plaintiff's defense team alleged there was no harm to the defendant because he was able to sell the land at a profit.

huh?

So the buyer made an offer to the FDIC for, say, $4,000,000. The FDIC accepts the offer. The broker lies to the buyer and says the FDIC countered (with falsified documents) at $5.2M and buyer accepts.
Now the buyer resells the property for, say, $6M and the defendant states no damage.

I can't believe how ignorant/stupid some "high-powered" attorneys can be. All the above did was piss off the judge and jury.
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To be fair, the defense lawyers have to argue something, whether they believe it or not.
 
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