There was plenty of consideration and argument in court over the amount of damages. The jury also had to be unanimous to award that much.
Several of the jury made statements to the media how the dollar amount was determined.
In my life I have been much accustomed to situations where everybody thinks the same thing, and everybody is wrong.
I have zero faith in the rationality of others, especially when they are stampeded into a direction by manipulators.
A billion dollars is more than the vast majority of families could earn in a 100 lifetimes.
It is an irrational award, and even if they have what they think are good reasons, they are wrong. They are idiots who do not grasp the enormity of a damage award for a relatively minuscule offense.
I am reminded of a case against Ralph's grocery store chain some many years ago in which some clerks were awarded 26 million because one of their supervisors made occasional inappropriate comments to them.
The store was excessively punished for the behavior of one of their hired managers, and his offenses weren't even that severe.
26 million immediately told me the people on the jury were imbeciles who should never have been allowed to handle such a case.
And this happens a lot in America. We have too many idiots who do not grasp money or justice.