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To: Cen-Tejas

It's called "punitive damages" in law.

I could easily see the NFL player winning $1 in actual damages and $50M in punitive damages in a case like this.

17 posted on 08/26/2016 3:42:32 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")

To: Alberta's Child

............with some juries in some jurisdictions I agree that could happen.

The odds are high though that any such jury verdict would fail on appeal.

23 posted on 08/26/2016 12:56:04 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)

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