You can’t compare the two: in the McDonald’s case I think there was a run away jury. It happens. This was a settlement, not a verdict. Damages have to be proven. When you hear so and so is suing for $10M, that’s just lawyers pulling numbers out of the air and may or may not have relationship to prove able damages. Here the harm was done, but was reversed. Settling for $100k, rather than taking it to a jury in a liberal county, is a smart
Move and a good settlement in light of the lack of, best we can tell from the article, long term damage
I can compare the two. A burn heals. Psychological damage from child abuse is long lasting. Should I go further? We need to stop being pussies and put a real hurt on these freaks. The settlement was with the school district. There is no punishment and pain for the teachers and administrators that encouraged and hid this child’s forced transition. The school district didn’t even admit to any wrong doing. At a minimum all the people involved in the abuse should be sued to their last penny, lost their jobs and be forever be forbidden to be near children again. Long term prison sentences are the best way to accomplish the latter. Their lives need to be destroyed so they can never abuse children again.
$100k won’t even cover the counseling costs.