That’s my point.
A $1.5 billion judgement in this case is completely asinine given the finite number of plaintiffs WHICH ARE ALREADY KNOWN (I suspect 23 families, not sure).
Does the judge just get to say “Well, what the hell, my vermin scumbags will kickback, so it’s this much”. WTF?
If it was a single plaintiff, I would agree with you. But when you are being sued by multiple parties, they each get their reasonable cut. Even if the totality of the reasonable cuts are insane.